Mouton is an assistant professor of English at Huston-Tillotson University. Raval is a documentary filmmaker. Rodriguez is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Schmitt directs the Children’s Language, Literacy, and Learning Lab at UT Austin. Ward is the CEO of 2Ward Equity Consulting. They were public voices fellows with The OpEd Project before UT Austin’s participation in the program was canceled.