Tonette Orejas has been writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer since 1997. She garnered the first local journalist award of the Society of Publishers in Asia in 2004. Her special reports on agrarian reform, Mount Pinatubo rehabilitation and coping by Indigenous Aeta communities have been cited by the Catholic Mass Media Awards and other organizations. Her special reports on housing corruption led to jail time for a private developer while stories on the publication of fake notices for public works led to the ouster of an official and resulted in a shift to online bidding for projects.

Zipporah Ngoiri Waitathu, a member of the Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Gulu, was born in the Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya. She is the sixth child in a family of 11. Her desire for religious life was sparked when she was in primary school by her mother, Sarah Nyakanini. Her father, Amos Waitathu, a peasant farmer, instilled in her a love for agriculture. She has learned that sacrifices are necessary to achieve goals, and she finds fulfillment in serving the less privileged in the community.