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Brent and Jacob Fisher

Brent and his wife Sharon Kaye have four daughters and Jacob, the youngest. Brent has lived eight years overseas including Germany, Japan, and Brazil where he served a full-time mission. He holds a BA in International Relations and Portuguese from BYU and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. Jacob is a junior at BYU where he studies statistical science among other things and enjoys playing jazz with his trombone. His paper, “The Two Atonements” was recently accepted for presentation at the BYU Religious Education Student Symposium in February 2023.

Taylor Cotterell

Taylor is married to Courtnie and he's thankful every day she agreed to marry him. They met while they were both at BYU in the same ward and have been married for almost 20 years. Taylor used to have hobbies and now he has five amazing kids who take up any spare time he used to have. He is an executive recruiter by profession and loves the work he's able to do. When he does get away, he loves traveling, watching sports, attending movies, eating chocolate, and Courtnie has helped him find a love for musicals. His testimony of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and His gospel have been the guideposts in his life and he's so grateful that God is willing to be involved in his and his family members' lives.

Susie Hernandez

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.

Michelle Bury

Michelle is a Utah transplant from Colorado and if you ask her how she’s doing, she’ll happily let you know that she is living the dream. Michelle is a graduate of BYU which means every fall, you can find her cheering on her BYU Cougars Football Team and if you listen closely, you can probably hear her shouting at her TV about the games. A self proclaimed “Jill of All Trades”, Michelle enjoys a menagerie of hobbies (horseback riding, cake decorating, playing softball, gardening, watching Jeopardy, etc.) and has a life hack for almost any problem. She has a deep love of the gospel and believes that being authentic with sharing the highs and lows of her testimony will help her connect better to others as we all navigate this journey called life.

Gerrit J. Dirkmaat

Jason Lewis

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.

Nicole Christensen Fernley

Nicole Christensen Fernley is a writer, editor, and photographer who currently serves as a senior editor for the Church Historian’s Press, which publishes the Joseph Smith Papers.

Rhea Maynes

Rhea Maynes was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. She holds a degree in neuroscience from Brigham Young University and is the director of BYU’s Black Alumni Association.

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Levi Heperi

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).