David Agren covers Mexico as a freelance correspondent for Catholic News Service. His reporting also regularly appears in the Guardian, USA Today and the Washington Post. A native of Canada, he has lived in Mexico City for the past 11 years.

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David Agren cubre México como corresponsal independiente para Catholic News Service. Sus reportajes también aparecen regularmente en The Guardian, USA Today y The Washington Post. Originario de Canadá, ha vivido en la Ciudad de México durante los últimos 11 años.

Eileen Purcell was a co-founder of the Sanctuary Movement and the first executive director of the SHARE Foundation during the war years in El Salvador. In 2013, she received an honorary doctorate from the Jesuit University of San Francisco in recognition of her ongoing defense of human rights in El Salvador and labor and immigrant rights in the United States. She currently works as a labor organizer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker IBEW Local 1245.

Emily McFarlan Miller is an award-winning freelance journalist and social media consultant based in Chicago. Most recently, she managed social media for the Chicago Sun-Times, winning first place for the newspaper's social media presence and second place for her own from the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors Association. Previously, she was the education reporter at The Courier-News, then the Sun-Times publication in Elgin, Illinois.

Sr. Rhonda Miska is in temporary profession with the Sinsinawa Dominican and ministers at Dominican University in Chicago. After two years as a Jesuit Volunteer in Nicaragua, she earned a graduate degree in pastoral ministry.

Ellen Dauwer is a Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth of Convent Station, New Jersey, currently living in Chicago. She spent 20 years in higher education, teaching educational technology and serving in administration. She has served in congregational leadership and most recently served as executive director of the Religious Formation Conference for two terms. She is currently engaged in governance in several ministries and teaching, speaking and writing. 

Lilian Muendo is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. After graduating with a master's degree in media management from the University of Westminster in London, she joined the BBC to produce a television and radio governance debate program in Kenya from 2012 to 2014. She is currently a part-time lecturer at Daystar University's School of Communications, mostly teaching broadcast journalism. She worked for Kenya Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2012 as a reporter and news editor.

Sharon Zavala is a Humility of Mary volunteer in Immokalee, Florida. She works at the Guadalupe After-school Program, tutoring immigrant children who live in low-income households, and at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, where she helps educate consumers on the issue of farm labor exploitation. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, she holds a bachelor's degree in both environmental studies and Spanish language from Allegheny College, where she was involved with the Latino organization on campus as secretary and was an active member of Students for Environmental Action.

J. Malcolm Garcia is a freelance writer and author of The Khaarijee: A Chronicle of Friendship and War in Kabul and What Wars Leave Behind: The Faceless and the Forgotten.

Caroljean (Cj) Willie is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, a master's degree in reading and a Ph.D. in multicultural education. She has extensive experience working cross-culturally throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She served two terms of office as the NGO representative at the United Nations for the Sisters of Charity Federation prior to her current ministries as the program director for EarthConnection environmental center, sponsored by the Sisters of Charity.

Georgia Perry is a journalist originally from Indianapolis. She has written for regional papers throughout the western United States as well as national magazines including The Atlantic, CityLab, and Narratively. She loves writing stories about people living life on their own terms.