Ester Machekera of the Congregation of the Missionary Daughters of Calvary is currently the postulant director for her congregation. She holds a diploma in counseling from Connect College and a bachelor's degree in business management and information technology from the Catholic University of Zimbabwe. She comes from a large, close-knit farming family. 

 

Maddie LaForge is a writer, educator and spiritual director. She holds a Master of Divinity from Santa Clara University's Jesuit School of Theology. Maddie enjoys writing about exploration and discovery of the Spirit in life's extraordinary adventures. You can read about the journey on her blog.

Sr. Libby Osgood, P.Eng., Ph.D., is a religious sister with the Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal. She worked as an aerospace engineer with Orbital Sciences on a few NASA satellites. She is now an associate professor of sustainable design engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Her research focuses on engineering pedagogy, sustainability, and faith and science, and she co-edited a Book of Hours which collects the writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin into prayers. 

Nancy Cristina Mancera Silva, misionera consagrada colombiana de la Fraternidad Misionera Verbum Dei, cursó estudios teológicos en el Instituto Teológico Verbum Dei de Guadalajara, México, y obtuvo una licenciatura en Teología Dogmática de la Universidad Gregoriana en Roma. Ha desempeñado una labor apostólica en México, Colombia, Bélgica, Italia y Guatemala, trabajando con diversas poblaciones, desde niños hasta adultos. Además, ha desarrollado a nivel diocesano programas de radio que apoyan la formación de grupos apostólicos y ha impartido retiros para adolescentes y universitarios.