David Grimaldo is a professional actor and bilingual teacher. He studied at the British American Drama Academy (Oxford, England), La Casa del Teatro A.C (Mexico), and North Lake College (USA). His work has been presented in Mexico, South America, Asia, and Europe. He has received recognitions as a playwright and actor at the (FITU) International  University Theater Festival. He currently presents his one-man show, Pocho Sonnet (2022), written and acted by himself. He was part of an artistic invitation at La MAMA theatre in New York City. He is currently studying his Film Master's at Universidad Iberoamérica to broaden his creative knowledge.

Jill Anderson is an activist, writer, and teacher dedicated to seeding futures defined by social, political, and economic systems of care for each other and our planet—in all ways, including getting out of the way. Born in Utah and raised in Texas, she has spent most of the last 20 years living, loving, (un)learning, and community organizing in Mexico City.

Jesús I. Valles is a queer, Mexican immigrant, educator, writer-performer, and storyteller from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas. Jésus is a recipient of the 2025 Writing Freedom Fellowship with Haymarket Books and the winner of the 2025 Bruntwood Prize International Playwriting Award. They are a 2018 Undocupoets fellow and their work has been most recently featured in the anthologies, Here to Stay and Somewhere We Are Human. 

Justin Gest is Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. He is the author of seven books primarily on the politics of immigration and demographic change including, most recently, Majority Minority, and forthcoming in 2026, Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy.