Christine Wolf is a former freelance columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a Moth StorySLAM champ, and founder of Writers' Haven LLC. She coaches memoirists and offers developmental editing, sensitivity reading, and structural guidance to writers of all levels of experience. www.christinewolf.com

Nestor Gomez was born in Guatemala and traveled to Chicago undocumented in the mid-eighties. He told his first story at a Moth StorySLAM to get over his stuttering, and since then he has won more than seventy Moth SLAMs. Gomez created 80 Minutes Around the World, a storytelling show about immigration stories.

Kevin Cordi was raised on stories and knows that stories are at the heart of meaning making. He has told stories in over forty-four states: England, Japan, Qatar, Singapore, Scotland, and Canada. He holds a doctorate in storytelling and education from the Ohio State University. www.kevincordi.com

Paulette Perhach is an award-winning freelance writer, speaker, and the author of Welcome to the Writer's Life, one of Poets & Writers'  Best Books for Writers. She’s written two million-reader viral essays. She teaches, coaches, and leads meditation and writing sessions at A Very Important Meeting.

Susan Rohde works in higher education and has enjoyed success on the Moth stage with three wins to her credit. Between work, storytelling, and a very full house, there is just enough time to enjoy her beautiful family and new puppy.