Shabrae Jackson is an expressive arts facilitator and educator with over 25 years of experience working in diverse communities internationally and in the US. Her work focuses on issues of belonging, trauma, healing and peace building. Shabrae has extensive experience in implementing community projects and lived in Mexico for over 15 years. She is the founder of Collective Tapestry, a platform that creates community laboratories for collective exploration and research through projects such as Geography of Hope, which combines the arts and peacebuilding, and co-founder of UMBRAL, a Mexican group that provides arts-based psychosocial trauma training to migrants and refugees on the U.S.-Mexico border. Shabrae is a certified coach and holds certifications in Conflict Transformation Training and Expressive Arts in Transition. She is associate faculty for the European Graduate School and the interim regional coordinator for Mexico for the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). She has a degree in Social Work, a postgraduate degree in Sport for Conflict Transformation and Social Coexistence from the University of Catalonia, a master's degree in Expressive Arts for Conflict Transformation and is currently in the qualification stage for the doctoral program at the European Graduate School.

Lyd Pensado has a master's degree in Divinities from the STPM and a master's degree in Mental Health from the University of León, Spain. She also has several postgraduate degrees in pastoral psychology, art therapy, psychological first aid, and logotherapy. Lyd is a spiritual director with PICI Mexico working in the accompaniment of migrants and refugees and victims of human trafficking for the last 10 years. She is the Executive Director of El Pozo de Vida AC, co-founder of Umbral, and co-founder of Borra la Violencia AC. Her main focus is on the restoration of trauma through the arts and the development, exploration and restoration of spirituality; as well as providing tools to people working with vulnerable groups, broadening their perspective of intervention.

Mylinda Baits currently works with International Ministries ABC-USA as a Global Consultant for Training using the Restorative Arts, sharing effective arts-based healing resources with social change agents, global peace builders, faith community leaders, and trauma survivors. She has facilitated community art-making to accompany communities impacted by tragic loss, to promote expression, nurture peace building, empower change, and sustain resiliency. Working and playing at the intersection of science, spirituality, and social change, she hopes to co-create the conditions that support and nurture communities experiencing disruption, displacement and loss. Mylinda holds advanced facilitation certifications from Training for Conflict Transformation Trainers, Training for Change, Build A Bridge International, and EXIT (Expressive Arts in Transition). She has a BA in Behavioral Science, a Masters of Divinity, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Expressive Arts Therapy from the European Graduate School where she is currently a PhD candidate.