Esther O. Ohito (she/her/hers) is an associate professor of English and literacy education at Rutgers Graduate School of Education and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University, both in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Sherry L. Deckman (she/they/their) is a professor of education at Lehman College and also the executive officer of the PhD Program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center, both part of the City University of New York in New York City, New York, USA.

Lucía Mock Muñoz de Luna (she/her/hers) is a senior program associate in the Center for Innovations in Community Safety at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC, USA.

August G. Smith (all pronouns welcome) is a doctoral student of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, New York, USA.