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Charli K Elder

Charli writes about action sports and the science behind them. Bio https://charlikelder.com

Delaney Rebernik

As an award-winning editorial and communications strategist, I help purpose-driven organizations — media brands; memberships; social good companies; progressive nonprofits; and other champions of community, knowledge, and justice — tell vital stories and advance worthy missions. I live in Brooklyn, NY, with my husband Todd and pup Spud, who's named after my favorite food. Learn more and get in touch: delaneyrebernik.com

Xintian Tina Wang

Xintian Tina Wang is a journalist, cultural critic, and author covering cultural stereotypes and innovations, including gender and sexuality, arts, business, and technology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, NBC News, HuffPost, Business Insider, ELLE, and VICE.

Mike De Socio

Mike De Socio is an author and content writer who believes that true stories, powerfully told, can make the world a better place. His work features in publications like The Washington Post and The Guardian, among others.

Jessica Gentile

Jessica Gentile is a librarian, editor, writer, and cultural critic. She has bylines at The Atlantic, Slate, New York Magazine's Vulture, Pitchfork, Cosmopolitan, Paste Magazine, and many other publications.

Jamie Cattanach

Jamie Cattanach is a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, CNBC, Fodor's and other major outlets, and she's published essays with Psyche, HuffPost, Ms. Magazine and literary journals like Fourth Genre, which nominated her for a 2025 Pushcart Prize. Born in South Florida, Jamie found her way to the Pacific Northwest after a long season of wandering, following her curiosity and, of course, writing everything down along the way. When she's not writing, she's reading, singing, hiking, weightlifting, or on an adventure with her greyhound, Aspen. Learn and read more at www.jamiecattanach.com.

Olivia Layne Babyok

Olivia Layne Babyok is a neuroscience PhD candidate exploring how inflammation and sex differences shape visceral pain, specifically in the context of acute pancreatitis. Her research lives at the intersection of neuroimmunology and pain biology. Olivia's passionate about asking hard questions, making complex science accessible, and building bridges between benchwork and bedside.

Kelli Finger

elli Finger is a freelance journalist, grant writer, and nonprofit consultant based in Michigan. Her work focuses on accessibility, community issues, social services, lifestyle, food, entertainment, and the everyday systems that shape people’s lives. She has written for outlets including the Detroit Metro Times, Next Avenue, Mental Floss, the Disabled Journalists Association, and Apartment Therapy. With an MSW from Wayne State University and extensive grant-writing training, Kelli brings a human-centered, research-informed approach to both journalism and nonprofit storytelling. She helps organizations strengthen grant narratives, identify funding opportunities, and communicate their impact with clarity and compassion. As a blind writer and advocate, Kelli is especially interested in disability access, equity, aging, caregiving, and stories that reveal how policy decisions affect real people. Her work blends curiosity, empathy, and practical insight to make complex issues more accessible.

Molly Horan

Molly Horan is a poet, novelist, and playwright, and creative writing professor living in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her books include novels Thanks for Listening (named a Kirkus Best YA Books of 2024 and an ALA Rainbow Roundtable Top Ten for Teen Readers in 2026), Epically Earnest, and picture book I Have Seven Dogs. She is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. She has her MFA and PhD in writing for young adults.

Becky Robison

Becky Robison (she/her) is a writer and death doula living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's Creative Writing MFA program, her work has appeared in Salon, Slate, Business Insider, and elsewhere. She’s also the mind behind deadparentswhatnow.com, a project that aims to help people navigate the dizzying labyrinth of post-death bureaucracy based on her own experience. Quirk Books published her how-to guide My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death in early 2026. Later that year, Becky launched the Bitching & Mourning podcast with Emmy-nominated comedy writer Alison Zeidman. In her increasingly limited spare time, she enjoys hanging upside down at her local aerial gym and walking her dog, Oklahoma.

Sarah Chavez

Sarah Chavez is executive director of the Order of the Good Death and a leading voice in the death-positive movement.

Christabel Lobo

Christabel Lobo is a freelance writer, guidebook author, and illustrator based between Washington, DC and Abu Dhabi. My writing has been published in National Geographic, TIME, Insider, Lonely Planet, AllRecipes, OpenTable, Southern Living, and more.

Kristine Gill

Kristine Gill is a full-time freelance writer and editor based in Ohio, where she covers everything from crime to DIY home renovation projects. Her work has appeared in several local newspapers as well as national publications including Better Homes & Gardens and Yahoo.

Ernie Smith

> Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, a long-running newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Active online since the mid-1990s, his writing focuses on vintage tech, forgotten obscurities, and internet history. A longtime contributor to Vice’s Motherboard, his writing has been featured in Fast Company, The Daily Beast, and Atlas Obscura.