Lori Celaya, director of Latin American Studies and associate professor at the University of Idaho. She specializes in Chicanx Latinx, Mexican American, Border, and Latin American Studies. She has published several articles on human trafficking at the US-Mexico border. She is also the executive producer for La Sirena (2019) and Friends in High Places (2021). Dr, Celaya was born in Mexicali B.C. México, but grew up in Los Angeles. She is the author of “México visto desde su literatura norte: identidades propias de la transculturación y la migración” (México Viewed from its Northern Border: Identities that Result from Migration and Transculturation) 2012. She published “Nos pasamos de la raya/We Crossed the Line”. She co-authored a “Spanish for the Professions” text that is presently in use at over 100 colleges and universities. Currently, she continues to speak, research, and publish on issues related to the United States-Mexico Border, Mexican Americans, Chicanx and Latinx in relation to Latin America, the US and Spain. Her most recent publication is “Transatlantic and Transcultural Dialogues on Identity, Culture, and Migration” (2022).
R.E. Toledo. Escritora y poeta, escribe y aboga por los derechos de los inmigrantes. Sus colecciones de poesía Pregonero despertar de voces (Abismos, 2013) y Azules sueños naranjas (miCielo, 2013) fueron publicadas en la CDMX en el año 2013. Co-editó la antología de textos bilingües/ bi-culturales "Nos pasamos de la raya/We Crossed the Line". Su colección de poesía Vacíos está próxima a publicarse. En su tiempo libre practica yoga y hace montañismo.