Tisy Jose is from India, and is a member of the Ursuline Sisters of Mary Immaculate Congregation in Italy. She is an educator and a journalist, and has been a missionary for 55 years. After completing her studies in journalism, she served as the assistant editor to the national views weekly Indian Currents in Delhi. She has worked in interreligious dialogue with professors from Benaras Hindu University, served as the assistant executive secretary on the Commission of Dialogue and Ecumenism, and written extensively on social and religious/spiritual issues.

Monica Umeh Uchechukwu from Anambra State, Nigeria, is a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame. She joined the community in 1991 and began her nurse's training and later studied midwifery. She has served as novice director and is currently on the leadership team for her community.