Shilo Kino lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is from the Māori tribes of Ngā Puhi and Tainui. She is an author and journalist, who works at an indigenous current affairs show called Marae and has had her work published in international media such as The Guardian and multiple media outlets in New Zealand. Shilo's debut book The Porangi Boy was released this month, which is a fictional story inspired by historical events where a Māori community protested against the government for building a prison on sacred land. Shilo became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2013 and served a mission in Hong Kong where she taught the gospel in Mandarin. Shilo loves the gospel and is grateful to Jesus Christ for all that she has been given.

Shauna recently left her life as a city girl and returned to her roots as a country girl, which includes cows, chickens, horses, dogs, cats, and various uninvited “wildlife”! Shauna is grateful to be allowed to come to earth at this time to be part of the Lord’s Battalion. She loves the work of gathering Israel on both sides of the veil.

Liz Hansen is a lead writer for the Church's Book of Mormon video, director, and consultant who has gone from acting on Broadway to a Byline at the Los Angeles Times to the classrooms of Brigham Young University. She holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute, has won the prestigious Writers Guild Award, an EMMY nomination, and was a finalist for the Humanitas Prize for excellence in children's television programing. In addition, she has a Telly award and two Crystal Awards for excellence in corporate video writing.

Becky grew up in Utah and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in elementary education. After graduating college she stayed home to raise her family but has spent many hours volunteering and substitute teaching in the schools over the years. She and her husband have been married for 22 years and they are the parents to four amazing boys. Becky enjoys spending a lot of time in her garden, growing food and flowers and enjoying God’s creations while picking weeds. She also enjoys spending time with friends and family, and doing creative things like knitting and painting (walls, furniture and art). Her favorite place to be is home.

Eleah Boyd is wife to her best friend and mom to their five fabulous children (plus one in heaven). She is a daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and a soon-to-be grandma! She and her husband have worked together in business for their entire 28-year marriage and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She enjoys helping others achieve their goals and follow their dreams. Eleah loves the gospel of Jesus Christ. She counts it as one of her great privileges to be an ordinance worker in the Houston Temple, where she gets to see the power of temple blessings working in people’s lives. She recently received her bachelor’s degree in Marriage and Family Studies from BYU-Idaho. Currently, she is working on letting God prevail in her life, facing each day with optimism, and not biting her fingernails. She would like her headstone to read simply, “She gave great hugs!”

Robin McCulloch grew up as military brat living around the world. He was born in France, although he was too young to remember much about it. His family eventually retired to Texas were he attended High School and College. As a regional manager for Yamaha Motor Corporation he moved to New Jersey were he met and married Carol. They have 3 sons and consequently Carol has been out numbered for the last 32 years! The McCulloch's are big boaters, mountain bikers and they love motorcycles. Robin served a mission to Scotland and has served in various Ward and Stake callings, he is currently serving in a YSA Bishopric.

McKenzie Kate Green was born and raised in Utah. She is the oldest of three kids and fortunate enough to be the daughter of Brent and Mandy Green. She recently graduated high school in 2018, and spent fall semester of 2018 teaching English to little kids in China. She just returned home from a mission in the Baguio, Philippines Mission. McKenzie loves anything that has to do with travel and going to Disneyland. She has participated in many dance and cheerleading teams over the years and loves being a part of a team. She is always down to have a dance party in the car, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, etc. Some of her favorites include: cheesecake, Coldplay, Harry Styles, concerts, long drives, and deep talks. She plans to go into the interior design field in the future.

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.