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Mary is a Yale Law School graduate and the first in her immediate family to go to college. She is the author of the book “Dirt” about growing up in West Virginia, and the host of The Mary Marantz Show- which debuted in the iTunes top 200 podcast list.  Her writing has been featured by…

Moheen Lombard is an author, transformative speaker, facilitator, mediator, and educator in Restorative Practices working for over 15 years in partnership with the police, church, schools, and community. Moheen resides in Toronto, Canada and is a proud mother to her four children. Learn more at https://uniquelymoheen.com/ 

Peter is the Executive Director of Bethany Kids; a Christian mission transforming the lives of African children with surgical conditions and disabilities. Having lived in the Middle East since 2012, Peter now gives oversight to the organization’s international operations.

Alyssa is a Chinese-Filipino-Canadian living in Toronto, Canada. She is an alumnus of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Critical Development Studies where she studied International Development. Today, she works for Compassion Canada on their communications team. After travelling to visit her family’s sponsor child, volunteering and then sponsoring her own child, she feels so…

Christina Laurice is the on-air host of a television show called Living Local – bringing high spirited excitement for local events in southern Ontario, communities that care, families and kids. A talented writer, social media influencer, producer and screen personality, Christian can be found at local community events representing YES TV’s values as she hunts…

Camille Aguila is a passionatete Marketing Manager at Crossroads Christian Communications Inc, where she’s honoured to glorify the Lord by sharing the gospel through her team’s marketing, graphics and artistic talents and skills. Camille found salvation in Christ when she was at the University of Toronto, where family and friends shared the redeeming gospel and love of Christ. From then on, Camille had actively served as a head worship leader for 10 years at her previous church, where she was also called to serve and teach kids about Jesus and music.

Crystal Lavalee is a talented executive producer, national director, and founder of I Am Compelled – a cutting edge, national, educational charity that uses theatre and media to engage students in Canadian heritage, heroes and responsible citizenship.  As an Indigenous woman, Crystal is committed to bringing the truth regarding Indigenous history to the forefront so…

One of the most respected Latina actresses in Hollywood, April Hernandez-Castillo’s personal life story is one of victory. Her feature film debut as Eva Benitez in the Image Award-nominated MTV film, Freedom Writers (2007), alongside Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, put her in the ranks of some of the biggest names in the industry. An actress with a blend…

Eric O. Jacobsen (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of Three Pieces of Glass:Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens, The Space Between: A Christian Engagement with the Built Environment, Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith, and numerous articles…

Chad Veach is the founder and lead pastor of ZOE Church in Los Angeles, California, a dynamic Christian church with multiple locations throughout the city. In addition to leading ZOE, he is an international speaker, the author of two books, "Faith Forward Future" and "Unreasonable Hope," and the host of Leadership Lean In— a discussion-based podcast specializing in organizational health,…