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Halley Bondy is a professional freelance writer, journalist, editor, and producer. Mary C. Fernandez is a fairness and equity consultant on disability issues. Sharon Lynn Pruitt-Young is a full-time freelance writer on a wide range of topics. Zara Hanawalt is a freelance writer whose work has been published in major national publications.

Mary Fernandez is a fairness and equity consultant at Cisco Systems. She collaborates with teams across the company advising on matters of social justice, particularly around disability and digital accessibility. She graduated with her master’s degree in business administration from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 2020. She is a lifelong disability rights activist and has served on multiple leadership positions with the National Federation of the Blind. She is a member of the World Blind Union Youth Engagement and Leadership Committee and has been a youth ambassador to the United Nations for the World Blind Union.

Sharon Lynn Pruitt-Young is a full-time freelance writer whose work runs the gamut from social commentary and body positivity manifestos to entertainment news and tech pieces. You can find her writing floating around online at places such as Oxygen, Lifewire, Looper, Mary Sue, Black Girl Nerds, and more.

Zara Hanawalt is a freelance writer whose work has been published digitally for outlets like Marie Claire, Glamour, Parents, Elle, and the Huffington Post, among many others. She is a graduate of Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

Frankie Corzo is an experienced narrator and actress who spent her childhood performing in theater productions, commercials, films, and voiceovers. Born to Cuban immigrant parents, she narrates and acts in both Spanish and English. Her work has been added to numerous best of lists, including Audible's for 2017 and 2018. Born and raised in New Jersey, she currently splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Deanna Anthony is a classically trained singer, actress, and audiobook narrator. A former beauty queen, she has performed in over fifty regional and international theaters. When not working, she enjoys quilting and sewing, reading romance, and enjoying home-cooked meals and baked treats.

Soneela Nankani is an award-winning narrator with over three hundred titles in many different genres including Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Nonfiction. She has garnered sixteen Earphones Awards, nominations for Audie and SOVAS awards, and was recently awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in Best Audiobooks lists by AudioFile magazine and the Washington Post, among others. In her spare time, she loves to read (yes, really), learn languages, try new recipes, and travel. She lives in the DC area with her husband and two mischievous daughters.

Erin Bennett is an actress, a singer, and a voiceover artist. As an actress, she has performed at numerous theaters, including the Pasadena Playhouse, the Arizona Theatre Company, and the International City Theatre. Her voiceover work includes animation, BBC radio plays, video games, commercials for radio and television, and a wide range of audiobooks, including contemporary fiction, mysteries, science fiction, and romance.