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Ena Nearon is a dynamic creative producer, storyteller, and cultural strategist whose life has been shaped by bold pivots, reinventions and an unrelenting belief in the power of art and truth-telling.

Michael Schaub is a writer, book critic and regular contributor to NPR Books. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Portland Mercury and The Austin Chronicle, among other publications. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Hey! I’m Dynver Lovett, a 23-year-old junior from Dayton, Ohio, majoring in Exercise Science. I’m the voice behind the Marauder’s Mental Health Matters podcast—a project I launched through the Honors College that quickly became something much bigger than just a class assignment. It started as a form of therapy for myself, and now it’s a platform for students across campus to talk openly about mental health, school life, and everything in between.

Patty is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a multiple award-winning reporter for Maine Public Radio. Her specialty is health coverage: from policy stories to patient stories, physical health to mental health and anything in between. Patty joined Maine Public Radio in 2012 after producing stories as a freelancer for NPR programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She got hooked on radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and hasn’t looked back ever since.

Merrit Kennedy is a reporter for NPR's News Desk. She covers a broad range of issues, from the latest developments out of the Middle East to science research news.

Former Fronteras Senior Field Correspondent Mónica Ortiz Uribe (KRWG, Las Cruces) is a native of El Paso, Texas.

Ryan Kailath [KY-lawth] is a business reporter at NPR in the New York bureau.

Brandon Carter is an assistant producer on NPR's Washington Desk. He manages the NPR Politics social media accounts, writes and produces stories for the web and writes for the NPR Politics weekly newsletter.