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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.

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.

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Matt Grow

Matthew J. Grow is Managing Director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that capacity, he leads a team of history professionals who collect documents and artifacts, preserve them, and promote understanding of the Church’s past through a publishing program, a research library, a museum, and many historic sites. Grow also serves as a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers and Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. He has published widely on Latter-day Saint history and American religious history. Grow received his PhD in American history from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Alyssa live with their four children in Sandy, Utah.

Hanae Yamamoto

Hanae Yamamoto was born and raised in Miyazaki, Japan. She has been playing piano for over 20 years! Hanae served a full time mission in the Hawaii, Honolulu mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To this day Hanae continues to play the piano and is currently studying Piano Performance at Brigham Young University. She is busy attending school while taking care of her husband and 2 little boys. Hanae loves cats, ramen, online shopping, and playing with children. She is a talented young woman who works hard and loves meeting new people. She aspires to be a homemaker and professional piano teacher.

Mary Wood

Mary Wood grew up in Louisiana and graduated from the Honors College of the University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in music performance. She performed with the Orchestra at Temple Square and worked with the Utah Symphony until switching careers to start a thriving professional organizing business. Mary is a single mom of two and loves to seek beauty through reading and travel. Always up for a good road trip, Mary has been to all 50 states and is currently working on visiting the national parks of the US.

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is a Latter-day Saint relationship and sexuality coach as well as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois. She has a PhD in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping Latter-day Saint individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.

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Amber Lewis

I describe myself as a child of God, a disciple of Christ, a child of the covenant, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a mother to five amazing (and sometimes wild) children, an academy graduate, and a military officer. I am perfectly imperfect in every way and I try hard not to worry about how other people might describe me (always working on that). Any articles I write are done in my own free time and are of my own opinion. My writing does not constitute endorsement by any military branch or the Department of Defense.