Rachel "Roxy" LeCure (née Hobbs) is the English Department Chair and 8th grade English Teacher at Esperanza Academy Charter Middle School in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in Anthropology and received an M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education from Chestnut Hill College. As an undergraduate, she was an instructor in the Powerful Voices for Kids program at Russell Byers Charter School.

Kristin Hokanson is an educational consultant and Supervisor of Instructional Technology at Allentown City School District. With her expertise in innovative use of technology for learning, she serves the Media Education Lab as the Digital Learning Fellow. Kristin Hokanson spent 20 years in public education as a teacher and HS technology integration specialist through Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future Initiative.

Michael RobbGrieco serves as Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, USA. Mike's work focuses on democratizing power in media and education through pedagogy, research, and practice of media literacies.

Anna Puertas is a Copy Editor Intern for Youth Media Reporter. She is currently an undergraduate student at Penn State University studying Broadcast Journalism. Her interests in journalism and media education began during her time as the Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper. Such interests have carried her through college. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in newscasting.