Cody Weddle is a multimedia freelance journalist located in Caracas, Venezuela. Originally from rural southwest Virginia, he moved to Venezuela nearly three years ago. He previously worked as an anchor and correspondent for a Latin American international news channel and in local TV news in the United States. Weddle is a 2012 graduate of Virginia Tech, where he holds degrees in journalism and political science. Follow him on Twitter: @coweddle.

Linda Romey is a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania. She previously worked seven years in Colombia, partially under the aegis of the Denver Archdiocese. A former marketing and advertising manager for the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company, she holds a bachelor's degree in theology and an MBA. She is the community's communications and development coordinator and serves on the community's Monastic Council.

Lourdes López Munguía is a Franciscan Missionary of Mary from Mexico who now lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is a professional psychologist, trained in accompaniment. She received novitiate formation in Managua, Nicaragua, and ministered in Chile, the United States, Tunisia and Congo.

Dana Wachter is a freelance journalist and digital storyteller now based in London, Ontario. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the University of Maryland graduate spent nearly seven years as a television anchor and reporter in Tennessee, Virginia, and North and South Carolina. After moving to Ghana to manage communications for a nonprofit, Challenging Heights, she first filed video content for Global Sisters Report. 

Tracey Horan is a member of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. Her first deep conversation with this community occurred in a melon patch during her time as an intern at the Sisters' White Violet Center for Eco-Justice.

Charity Durano is a journalist based in the Philippines.

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo has been a journalist for more than 30 years. She writes features, special reports and a regular column, "Human Face," for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. She covers a variety of subjects, church matters among them.

Kari Pohl is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Pennsylvania, and currently serves as her congregation's coordinator of justice and peace. She also has the privilege of working as a registered nurse at a federally qualified health center.

Rose Achiego has been a professional journalist since 2003 with experience in radio program production, presentation and management. She has worked for Catholic radio stations in both Kenya and South Sudan. She also writes print and online news for the Catholic websites regionally, nationally and internationally.

Breanna Mekuly lives in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she works with the Benedictine Sisters at their soup kitchen and with Sr. Joan Chittister's ministries. She is also involved in Call to Action's 20/30 cohort of Young Adult Leaders, through which she is working on a project that brings together the intersection of gender, sexuality and spirituality using a feminist Catholic lens.