Dr. Marjorie Agosín is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. She holds a BA from the University of Georgia and MA and PhD degrees from Indiana University. Raised in Chile and the daughter of Jewish parents, Dr. Agosín is a poet, human rights activist, and literary critic interested in Jewish literature and literature of human rights in the Americas; women writers of Latin America; and migration, identity, and ethnicity. Both her scholarship and her creative work focus on social justice, feminism, and remembrance. Dr. Agosín is the author of numerous works of poetry, fiction, and literary criticism. Her collections include The Angel of Memory (2001), The Alphabet in My Hands: A Writing Life (2000), Always from Somewhere Else: A Memoir of my Chilean Jewish Father (1998), An Absence of Shadows (1998), Melodious Women (1997), Starry Night: Poems (1996), and A Cross and a Star: Memoirs of a Jewish Girl in Chile (1995). Dr. Agosín has received numerous honors and awards for her writing and work as a human rights activist, including a Jeanette Rankin Award in Human Rights and a United Nations Leadership Award for Human Rights. The Chilean government honored her with a Gabriela Mistral Medal for Lifetime Achievement.

Dr. Justo Luis González, retired professor of historical theology and leading voice in the field of Hispanic theology, grew up in Havana as a Methodist. He attended United Seminary in Cuba, where he earned a a Bachelor of Sacred Theology, and was the youngest person to be awarded a PhD in historical theology at Yale University. He went on to join the faculty at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and later at the Candler School of Theology at Emory, where he was virtually the only Latino scholar in a U.S. Protestant seminary at the time. Over a span of 50 years as a church historian, Dr. González has focused on developing programs for the theological education of Hispanics and has received four honorary doctorates. He helped found three pivotal organizations—the Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI), the Hispanic Summer Program, and Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH). In 2011, the AETH inaugurated the Justo and Catherine González Resource Center, along with a lecture series of the same name, in honor of the contributions he and his wife Catherine Gunsalus González have made to the AETH and to the field of theology. He is also the recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and the Ecumenism Award from Washington Theological Consortium. Dr. González is the main narrator for the video lessons of the Christian Believer study course from Cokesbury publishing. He is the author of numerous books, some of which are commonly used as college and seminary textbooks, including A History of Christian Thought (three volumes), The Story of Christianity (two volumes), Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes, The Story Luke Tells, Essential Theological Terms, and Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective.

Rev. Dr. Daniel O. Aleshire has served the Association of Theological Schools since 1990 and was its executive director from 1998 to 2017. Rev. Dr. Aleshire holds a BS from Belmont University, an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and an MA and a PhD in psychology from George Peabody College for Teachers (now the Peabody College of Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, Tennessee. An ordained minister, he has written extensively on issues of ministry and theological education. His books include Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Schools (Oxford University Press, 1997), co-authored with Jackson W. Carroll, Barbara G. Wheeler, and Penny Long Marler; Earthen Vessels: Hopeful Reflections on the Work and Future of Theological Schools (Eerdmans, 2008); and Beyond Profession: The Next Future of Theological Education (Eerdmans, 2021).

Miguel A. Escobar is Executive Director of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary (EDS at Union). There, he works with the Very Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of EDS at Union, to build a Master of Divinity in Anglican Studies program aimed at forming social-justice faith leaders for The Episcopal Church. Previously, Escobar served as managing program director for leadership, communications, and external affairs at the Episcopal Church Foundation. He earned a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 2007 and served as the communications assistant to then-Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori from 2007 to 2010. Escobar is chair of the board of directors of Forward Movement and serves as secretary of the board of directors of Episcopal Relief & Development. He grew up in the Texas Hill Country and attended Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, where he studied the Roman Catholic social-justice tradition, Latin American liberation theologies, and minored in Spanish. He joined the Episcopal Church in New York City through St. Mary’s in West Harlem, drawn by the congregation’s diversity and commitment to social justice. Escobar divides his time between two parishes–St. Mary’s and San Andres Episcopal Church in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Dr. Ryan Gladwin is an Associate Professor of Ministry and Theology at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Palm Beach County, Florida, of which he is a second-generation native. He is in charge of the Christian social ministry concentration and minor, and teaches a variety of classes in Christian social ministry, theology, ethics, and cross-cultural studies. His research interests are social ethics, Latin American and Latino/a religion and theology, practical theology, Pentecostalism, Anabaptism, and ecclesiology. Formerly, Dr. Gladwin was the program director of Messiah College’s Philadelphia campus and an assistant professor of theology and ethics. He has also lived and worked in pastoral ministry and community development in urban settings throughout the Americas (Santa Marta and Bogotá, Colombia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Londrina, Brazil; Raleigh, NC; Philadelphia, PA; West Palm Beach, FL) and the United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Scotland). Dr. Gladwin is passionate about challenging students and local churches to work for social transformation, peace, and justice. He has published a number of book chapters and is currently reworking his doctoral thesis on Latin American ecclesiology and social ethics for publication. Dr. Gladwin holds a BA in Christian ministries and Spanish from Messiah College, an MDiv from Duke University Divinity School, and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is married to Natalia, a native of Argentina, and they have two children. Dr. Gladwin is an avid fan of Argentine soccer and enjoys reading, running, and long walks on the beach with his wife and kids.

Matheus Reis is a PhD candidate in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His research investigates the different ways in which Brazilian evangélicos in South Florida understand their identity and mission as an immigrant minority in the US, within their specific diasporic contexts. A native of Brazil who migrated to Florida in his early teenage years, Reis is interested in analyzing the connections and disconnections between areas of identity and concepts of missions amongst Brazilian evangélicos of varied diasporic contexts, and across different generations. Reis also holds a BA in Ministry and an MDiv from Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor in Religious Studies. His additional research interests are in Latinx Christianity in the United States; lived religious migrant experiences; religion and migration; the social responsibility of the gospel; misión integral; social justice, law, and Christianity; racial equity; and contextual theology.

Mark Menjivar is a San Antonio-based artist and Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University—San Marcos. His work explores diverse subjects through photography, archives, oral history and participatory project structures. He holds a BA in Social Work from Baylor University and an MFA in Social Practice from Portland State University. He has engaged in projects at venues including the Rothko Chapel, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, The Houston Center for Photography, The San Antonio Museum of Art, The Puerto Rican Museum of Art and Culture, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum. Menjivar is currently the artist-in-residence with the Texas After Violence Project, which uses oral history and archives to create dialogue and action around capital punishment in Texas. He is also a member of Borderland Collective, which utilizes collaborations between artists, educators, youth, and community members to engage complex issues and build space for diverse perspectives, meaningful dialogue, and modes of creation around border issues. In 2019, Menjivar was named a Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange Fellow, along with other “socially engaged artists making an impact in their communities.”

Journalist and sociologist Carlos Martínez García is a member and founder of the Centro de Estudios del Protestantismo Mexicano (Cenpromex), a network of Evangelical researchers who produce studies about Protestantism from different perspectives. Their main goal is to promote and disseminate studies about religious minorities in Mexico and Latin America. The majority of Cempromex founding members are also active members of the interdenominational Fraternidad Teológica Latinoamericana [Latin American Theological Fellowship] (FTL). Martínez García is also a member of the Editorial Team of the FTL’s Mexican journal Espacio de Diálogo, a publication about Theology, Social Sciences, and the Liberal Arts. A member of the Mennonite Mexican Church and regular contributor to Mexico’s national newspapers, Martínez García is a very well known speaker on topics like religious freedom, specifically issues related to the Mexican region of Chiapas.

Rev. Dr. Amos Yong is Professor of Theology and Mission, and Dean of the School of Mission and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. His graduate education includes degrees in theology, history, and religious studies from Western Evangelical Seminary (now Portland Seminary) and Portland State University, both in Portland, OR, and Boston University, Boston, MA, and an undergraduate degree from Bethany University of the Assemblies of God. Licensed as a minister with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, he has also authored or edited dozens of scholarly volumes. Among the most recent are Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost (Eerman, 2020), Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards (T&T Clark, 2019), and Mission after Pentecost (Mission in Global Community): The Witness of the Spirit from Genesis to Revelation (Baker Academic, 2019). Rev. Dr. Yong and his wife Alma have three children and five grandchildren, and reside in Pasadena, CA.

Héctor Herrera III currently serves as associate pastor at Tokyo Union Church (TUC). He is the son of asylum seekers who escaped the Guatemalan civil war; his family became integrated into a larger international community of Latin American immigrants from 20 different countries at a local Spanish-speaking Baptist church, where Herrera’s Christian identity would form. Herrera holds a Bachelors in Philosophy from the University of California, Irvine, and MDiv and MA degrees in Christian Education and Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary. His pastoral experience and ministry include serving as a campus chaplain at Princeton University, a hospital chaplain at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, as a pastoral intern at San Marino Community Church near Los Angeles, and work with children and youth. Herrera also has international experience, having served at the Scotts Kirk in Lausanne, Switzerland and at Youngnak Presbyterian Church in Seoul, South Korea. With strengths in online communication and education, he has helped develop resources in Digital Learning for Princeton Seminary. Herrera aims to continue helping people of all ages and abilities connect with each other and with God as much of TUC’s ministry moves into digital space. Herrera and his wife Marie (childhood friend and high-school sweetheart) are the proud parents of Hector Herrera IV and Margot Herrera.

Dr. Patrick B. Reyes is the author of the bestselling book The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive (Westminster John Knox Press, 2021), and of the award-winning book Nobody Cries When We Die: God, Community, and Surviving to Adulthood (Chalice Press, 2018). He is the host of the Sound of the Genuine podcast. A Chicano educator, administrator, and institutional strategist, he is the Senior Director of Learning Design at the Forum for Theological Exploration. He is president-elect of the Religious Education Association and serves on several boards in education and the non-profit sector supporting the next generation of BIPOC leaders and educators. Dr. Reyes holds a Doctorate and Master of Arts from Claremont School of Theology, a Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology, and is proud to be a graduate of the California State education system, California State University at Sacramento (Sac State). You can learn more about Dr. Reyes at patrickbreyes.com.

Dr. Robin L. Owens is an Associate Professor of Religion at Mount Saint Mary’s University. She brings experience in both corporate and social work settings to the classroom to inform her transformational teaching. When she is not in the college classroom, Dr. Owns teaches, mentors, and coaches high-achieving leaders to help them to discover and express their leadership purpose. She is the host of the popular podcast “Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin.” Dr. Owens is the author of two forthcoming books—Purpose-Based Decisions: An Inspirational Guide to More Meaning, Purpose, and Passion in Your Leadership, Business or Career (Balboa Press, 2022) and “My Faith in the Constitution is Whole:” Barbara Jordan Signifies on Scriptures (Georgetown University Press, 2022). Dr. Owens holds a PhD from Claremont Graduate University and an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Dr. Raimundo César Barreto, Jr. is an associate professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary. He earned a PhD in Religion and Society from Princeton Theological Seminary and holds degrees from McAfee School of Theology/Mercer University and Seminário Teológico Batista do Norte do Brasil. He has taught at the Northeastern Baptist Seminary and at Faculdade Batista Brasileira in Brazil, and also served as Director of Freedom and Justice at the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). He remains involved in ecumenical and interfaith work, contributing in various capacities to the American Baptist Churches USA, the Baptist World Alliance, the National Council of Churches USA, and the World Council of Churches. Dr. Barreto is the general editor of the World Christianity and Public Religion book series (Fortress Press) and one of the conveners of the Princeton Theological Seminary's World Christianity Conference. He has co-edited five books and contributed dozens of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His monograph “Evangélicos e Pobreza no Brasil: Encontros e Respostas Éticas” (São Paulo: Editora Recriar/Editora Unida, 2019) will be published in English by Baylor University Press with the title “Protestantism and Poverty in Brazil: Face-to-Face Encounters and Ethical Responses” (Spring 2023). He is finalizing another monograph, “Base Ecumenism: A Latin American Decolonial Contribution to Ecumenical Praxis and Theology” (Fortress Press, Summer 2023). His impending work also includes the forthcoming book Christians in the City of São Paulo: The Shaping of World Christianity in a Brazilian Megacity (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2024).

Rev. Dr. Yvonne Martínez Thorne is founder and CEO of Cultivating Wholeness Counseling Associates. Located in Pennsylvania and Florida, her faith-based practice provides specialized services for ordained clergy and lay leaders.  She also provides secular and faith-based counseling and psychotherapy to people across faith, race, and culture. Rev. Dr. Martínez Thorne served as consultant for Area Ministry and Communications for the Philadelphia Baptist Association.  Her commitment to the church continues in her role as consultant to congregations, ecumenical judicatories, and Christian organizations seeking greater wholeness and wellness. She recently provided disaster relief to clergy and congregations traumatized by natural disasters in Puerto Rico and The Bahamas. She currently serves as faculty at Lexington Theological Seminary, where she offers courses on clergy wellness and on the importance of healthy boundaries in ministry.  Rev. Dr. Martínez Thorne holds an MDiv from Palmer Theological Seminary and an EdD in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University.  Rev. Martínez Thorne is ordained clergy of the American Baptist Churches USA. She is married to Rev. Dr. Leo S. Thorne, former associate general secretary for Mission Resource Development for the American Baptist Churches USA.   

Rev. Dr. Orlando Crespo holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Congregational Leadership from the New York Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University. He has served as the National Director of InterVarsity Latino Fellowship since 2000 and is the author of Being Latino in Christ: Finding Wholeness in Your Ethnic Identity (InterVarsity Press, 2003). An ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance since 2011, Dr. Crespo and his wife Maritza helped to plant New Life in the Bronx Church in 1998; he continues to serve there as the Associate Pastor and Children's Ministry Director. He is also active in several Latino Christian organizations including serving on the Board of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and an Executive Leader of the Latino Leadership Circle in NYC.

Rev. Maritza Crespo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University (1984) and became a licensed Massage Therapist in 2011. As a Church Planter, she has served as Worship Leader at New Life in the Bronx since 1998, and has been a member of the Urbana Missions Conference Worship Team in 2009 and many other worship teams over the years. Her passions are spending time with family, gardening, cooking from scratch, and staying in touch with friends she's had for decades.

Rev. Miluska (Milly) Aquije is many things. As an educator, a spiritual advisor, a mentor, and a Dreamer—among so much else—Rev. Aquije supports her community with a unique passion and vibrancy. Her current professional experience includes serving as the Discipleship Pastor with Reconcile Brooklyn and as the founder of Hoping Greatly, where she uplifts others through her story of resilience as an undocumented immigrant. She holds degrees from Nyack College and Hunter College, as well as being a licensed clergy with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Rev. Aquije has served church plants in youth ministry since 2005, has been active in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) campus ministry, and is co-founder as an IVCF alumni of The Mentor Movement. She worked in higher education administration at Hunter College, served as an enrollment manager, faculty, and youth seminary coordinator for City Seminary of New York (CSNY). As part of CSNY, she was a researcher with Dr. Maria Liu Wong & Dr. Geomon George on “Engaging the Present and Envisioning the Future: Leadership Development in an Urban Youth Seminary.” In her free time, she can be found catching up on anime, and coaching the next generation over a delicious NYC meal discovery. More about Rev. Aquije's journey can be found at hopinggreatly.com.

Joshua Robbins is the author of Praise Nothing (University of Arkansas Press, 2013), part of the Miller Williams Series in Poetry, and his recognitions include the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, selection for Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference. He received MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee. Robbins is Associate Professor of English at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

Rev. Dr. Tito Madrazo is a Program Director in the Religion Division at Lilly Endowment Inc. Previously, he served as the founding director of the Hispanic-Latino/a Preaching Initiative at Duke Divinity School, and as a Missional Strategist in Duke's Hispanic House of Studies. Dr. Madrazo also pastored congregations in Texas and North Carolina for 18 years.

A native of Venezuela, Dr. Madrazo is a graduate of Baylor University, Gardner-Webb University, and Duke Divinity School. In addition to his academic and ministerial work in the United States, Madrazo has also taught extensively in Latin America. He recently published Predicadores: Hispanic Preaching and Immigrant Identity (Baylor University Press, 2021), an ethnographic exploration of the identity and preaching of first-generation, Protestant pastors in North Carolina.

Tyler B. Davis is a lecturer in theology at St. Mary’s University and University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. He holds a PhD in theological studies from Baylor University and a MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has published work in the Journal of Africana Religions, Religions, and other academic and popular outlets. His current research examines the significance of a black oral tradition about a tornado in Waco, Texas as an expression of liberation theology.