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Marisa Fasciano is an Education Program Associate at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1992 and worked for numerous years as a social science researcher, evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale education, health, and welfare programs. Since earning her Master of Social Work from Adelphi University in 2006, she specializes in diversity and peace education.

Sonia Galaviz is a 5th grade elementary teacher in Boise, Idaho. She has taught in both the primary and intermediate grades and teaches as an adjunct faculty for University of Phoenix and Boise State University. In 2009 she received the honor of Idaho Woman of the Year from the Idaho Business Review. In 2011 Sonia was one of five educators in the nation chosen to receive an award in Excellence in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy from Teaching Tolerance. Sonia serves on the state board for the Idaho Education Association.

Dr. Claudia Peralta is a professor in the Literacy Department at Boise State University. Her research interests focus on bilingual education, literacy and biliteracy, multicultural education, and social justice. She has published extensively in both English and Spanish, and her latest work focuses on the schooling experiences of Latinos and refugee students both in the U.S. and in their country of origin.