About Halley Bondy
Halley Bondy is a professional freelance writer, journalist, editor, and producer. Mary C. Fernandez is a fairness and equity consultant on disability issues. Sharon Lynn Pruitt-Young is a full-time freelance writer on a wide range of topics. Zara Hanawalt is a freelance writer whose work has been published in major national publications.
About Mary C. Fernandez
Mary Fernandez is a fairness and equity consultant at Cisco Systems. She collaborates with teams across the company advising on matters of social justice, particularly around disability and digital accessibility. She graduated with her master’s degree in business administration from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in 2020. She is a lifelong disability rights activist and has served on multiple leadership positions with the National Federation of the Blind. She is a member of the World Blind Union Youth Engagement and Leadership Committee and has been a youth ambassador to the United Nations for the World Blind Union.
About Sharon Lynn Pruitt-Young
Sharon Lynn Pruitt-Young is a full-time freelance writer whose work runs the gamut from social commentary and body positivity manifestos to entertainment news and tech pieces. You can find her writing floating around online at places such as Oxygen, Lifewire, Looper, Mary Sue, Black Girl Nerds, and more.
About Zara Hanawalt
Zara Hanawalt is a freelance writer whose work has been published digitally for outlets like Marie Claire, Glamour, Parents, Elle, and the Huffington Post, among many others. She is a graduate of Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.
About Frankie Corzo
Frankie Corzo is a film and voice-over actress and audiobook narrator. She obtained a BA degree in theater studies from Montclair State University.
About Soneela Nankani
Soneela Nankani is an award-winning narrator with over three hundred titles in many different genres including Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Nonfiction. She has garnered sixteen Earphones Awards, nominations for Audie and SOVAS awards, and was recently awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in Best Audiobooks lists by AudioFile magazine and the Washington Post, among others. In her spare time, she loves to read (yes, really), learn languages, try new recipes, and travel. She lives in the DC area with her husband and two mischievous daughters.
About Erin Bennett
Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
About Deanna Anthony
Deanna Anthony is a classically trained singer, actress, and audiobook narrator. A former beauty queen, she has performed in over fifty regional and international theaters. When not working, she enjoys quilting and sewing, reading romance, and enjoying home-cooked meals and baked treats.
