Joel Sawat Selway is half-Thai, half-English from West Sussex, England. His middle name means good fortune in Thai. He is a professor of political science at BYU and has published widely on ethnicity, nationalism, and global health. He speaks Thai, Greek, and French. Joel has four children.

Susan (SusieQ) Hernández was born and raised in Southern California and has lived in Las Cruces, NM for the past 15 years. She loves to travel with her best friend and kitty in their RV, and they're working on visiting all 49 states; will fly to Hawaii. Just 13 states to go! Susie served a mission in the far away land of the Arizona Tucson Mission, and loved the people of the southwest! Susie is an elementary school counselor and enjoys teaching kinder to 5th graders all about social emotional learning. Her next travel destination (not in the RV) is Israel with three of her best friends. She can't wait to see where Jesus walked because her love and testimony of Him grows each day as she studies Come Follow Me and listens to each of the Sunday on Monday podcasts.

After a chance meeting with an inspired fellow artist, Kate modified her initial artistic direction to focus on works of inspirational watercolor. With a minimalistic style that conveys powerful family and gospel messages, Kate Lee speaks to us through her art when words are insufficient. Kate and her husband, Mike, live in Utah with their two boys and two dogs.

Jason was raised in Utah, but has spent the last 7 years in Arizona after marrying his wife Amanda. They currently live in Glendale with their three children. Jason’s love of gospel learning started at a young age but blossomed while taking institute classes at Weber State University after a mission to Santiago, Chile. He enjoys vacationing on cruise ships with his family, building Legos with his kids, and eating ice cream after dinner (or anytime really). Jason works for UPS as a package delivery driver and looks forward to going home as his last (and most important) stop of the day.

Jill Farnsworth Geigle has educated families and communities on preparing and protecting children from pornography and technology harms for nearly 20 years. She has a bachelor’s degree from BYU and a M.Ed. from Columbia International University. She and her husband are constantly working to prepare their own eight children. Jill is currently the Director of Parent and Child Advocacy at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation working to stop online child sexual exploitation.

Erin Grew up in northern Utah where she met her husband Adam Clark while attending Weber State University. After many moves that have taken them from coast to coast they settled in San Antonio Texas. They are the parents of 7 children ranging in age from 19 down to 4 years old. Erin is blessed to be able to stay at home and feels that raising their family is the single most important calling she could have and rejoices that she has been given the opportunity. Having been given a solid foundation in the teachings of Jesus Christ at the feet of her parents and many leaders she is working hard to pass her love of the gospel on to her children. The Come, Follow Me curriculum has played a significant role in her journey to remove distractions and focus on the scriptures. In her spare time Erin enjoys running, cooking, and spending as much time as possible camping with her family. After so many years of having little children in her care she is cherishing the time she is now able to spend in the temple.

Caleb Farley grew up in Salt Lake City and served a mission in Sweden. He took off after the mission to live and study at the BYU Jerusalem Center where he traveled across the Near East, made lots of friends, and discovered his true identity as a bible nerd. He finished at BYU with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and recently at Utah State with a Master’s degree in psychological science. He’s now finalizing his clinical experience and building a research agenda at USU’s doctoral program in psychology with focuses in mindfulness-based mental health therapy, wellbeing, youth anxiety, and population health change. After finishing school, he wants to work somewhere where he can treat youth mental health, teach college, and publish research. He also loves running, swimming, hiking, good music, good food, reading, and hanging out with lots of friends.

Levi Heperi is Mohawk Native American and Māori. He is the Director of Intercultural Strategy for Deseret Book and oversees the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, as well as developing the strategy to take Deseret Book to international markets. His background and life experiences have given him a passion that aligns with Deseret Book’s mission to “improve the lives of all Latter-day Saints at every step of their journey”. He enjoys exercising, eating, and spending time with his wife and kids (though not necessarily in that order).