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Kelsey grew up in Littleton, Colorado. She graduated from Brigham Young University where she studied Communications and Family Studies. Kelsey was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2015 and served in the Honolulu, Hawaii mission from 2016-2018. Kelsey met her husband Dallin in high school and they currently live in Orem, Utah where Kelsey works as a marketing associate and fitness instructor. She loves being outside, watching movies, and testing out new desserts! 

Jalynne Geddes

Jalynne Geddes is from Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. She currently lives in Hillsboro, Oregon (on the historical territories of the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde and Kalapuya). Jalynne and her husband raise their two children in loving partnership and in a way that they hope honours Nehiyaw (Cree) traditions. Jalynne is a beadwork artist and operates her own website, specializing in heirloom pieces that draw on my Cree sensibilities. See some of Jalynne’s work here: Nehiyanahk_Creations

Harry Michael

Harry Michael is from Beardy’s and Okemasis' Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Raised in the Catholic religion, Harry joined the Church when he was 19 years old. Harry and his wife taught their six children (four boys and two girls) the gospel and their Cree traditions, culture, and language. Harry is retired from working in the Criminal Justice system in Canada, where he worked with Federal penitentiary systems. He did case management work and set up two healing centers for the penitentiary system. Harry likes to spend time with his wife and 10 of his grandchildren who live very close to him.

Paige Kelly

Grown from the good grounds, Paige celebrates differences among culture, faith, and people. In between story times and adventures with her children she speaks, teaches, and presents on themes radiating from the intersection of the humanities and deity and has addressed thousands on the glory of diversity, the exquisite beauty of individuality, and the fulfillment of creation.

Dallyn Vail Bayles

Dallyn Vail Bayles is a professional actor, singer, recording artist and teacher. His performing credits include leading roles in national and international Broadway tours, regional theater productions across the country, and feature films. As a soloist, Brother Bayles has performed with the Tabernacle Choir and other distinguished musical artists, and has recorded several albums. He is a seminary teacher, and has worked as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University. Brother Bayles is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and BYU. He and his wife Rachel were sealed in the Mount Timpanogos Temple and are the parents of five children.

Ben Gaughran

Ben Gaughran grew up in Birmingham, England in the United Kingdom. in 2007, he served a mission in the England London South Mission. He attended university at The Royal Holloway College, University of London where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree. He spent seven years as a high school music teacher and senior administrator in London, England. Ben is married to Kerry Gaughran, and they currently live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, where Ben attends graduate school studying Choral Conducting. Ben loves singing, playing the piano, and traveling with his wife and four beautiful children.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich was born in 1938 in Sugar City, Idaho. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1960 with a BA in English. That fall she moved with her husband, Gael Ulrich, to Boston, Massachusetts so he could begin graduate work at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). During the next ten years, while engaged with her growing family, she worked with a dynamic group of Mormon women to produce a popular guidebook to Boston (a fund-raising project for their local congregation) and helped to found a Mormon feminist newspaper. Exponent II (now a magazine available in print or on-line). Taking one course a semester, she completed an MA in English at Simmons College in 1971.

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Richard Turley

Richard E. Turley Jr. is a former Managing Director of the Church Historical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Assistant Church Historian and Recorder. He served as chairman of the editorial board of the Joseph Smith Papers and has authored many books on Latter-day Saint history. During nearly three and a half decades of Church employment, he also served as managing director of the Church’s Family History, Communication, and Public Affairs Departments. He is spending much of his retirement researching and writing about the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Mercedes Ng

Mercedes Ng grew up in Hong Kong. She attended the University of Utah for her freshman and sophomore years and then transferred to Brigham Young University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in art. In 2015, she went on a mission to Hawaii, primarily at the Laie Temple Visitor Center. Mercedes is married to Mark Reber, and they live in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Mercedesis an oil painter and artist. She loves creating artwork and listening to audiobooks.