Gabriel R. Sánchez, PhD, is an associate professor of political science at the University of New Mexico and the director of research at Latino Decisions. He is presently also executive director of the UNM Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy.

Shannon Sánchez-Youngman is a doctoral student in political science at the University of New Mexico and a fellow with the UNM Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy.

Pamelya Herndon, JD, attorney, CPA, and executive director of the Southwest Women's Law Center, Albuquerque, is an authority and activist in regard to the civil and human rights of women, LGBT people, African Americans, and other minorities.

Former US Senator Fred Harris (1930-2024) was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of New Mexico as well a director emeritus of the UNM Fred Harris Congressional Internship Program. He produced twenty nonfiction books on public policy, politics, and government, including the coedited Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States, as well as three novels.