David Vasquez
Associate Professor Literature and CRGC
Program Director of Latinx Studies
American University
Jessica Hernandez
Binnizá/Zapotec & Maya Ch'orti’
Indigenous scientist, climate justice leader, and best-selling author
Camilla Fojas
Professor
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
Frederick Luis Aldama
Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities
Founder & Director, Latinx Pop Lab
University of Texas, Austin
Brenda Peynado
Dominican American writer
Author of Time’s Agent
Winner of the 2025 Phillip K. Dick Award
Steven Gonzalez
PhD Candidate at MIT
Author of Sordidez
Nicola Hunte
Lecturer, Literatures in English
The University of the West Indies
William Anthony Nericcio
MALAS Director
Professor, English & Comparative Literature,
Chicana/o Studies and Latin American Studies
Professor, English & Comparative Literature,
Chicana/o Studies and Latin American Studies
San Diego State University
Joy Sanchez-Taylor
Professor of English
LaGuardia Community College (CUNY)
Catherine Ramírez
Professor
Department of Latin American & Latino Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jonathan Leal
Assistant Professor of English
University of Southern California
University of Southern California