Louise Anne M. Salas is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Auckland. Her research titled Women Movement Dwelling explores the works of Filipina and wāhine Māori visual artists (1970-2000). Before her study leave, she taught general Humanities, Philippine art, and curatorial studies courses at the University of the Philippines.

JC Gaillard, PhD is Ahorangi/Professor of Geography at Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland, New Zealand, and an International Research Fellow at the University of the Philippines (UP) Resilience Institute. He was a former faculty member of the UP Department of Geography. His main area of research and teaching is on disaster. For his projects, he has worked with various non-government organisations and local government units all over the Philippines. For more details: https://jcgaillard.wordpress.com.

Eunice Faustino Gaerlan, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in AUT’s School of Education and leads their Master and Postgraduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning programmes. Eunice is passionate about supporting pre-service teachers in their journey to becoming registered teachers in Aotearoa. She is on the TEFANZ executive committee, the national teacher education association in NZ. Eunice's research intersects the fields of sociology, filipinx studies, gifted and talented education, girlhood studies and media studies. She is the BiPOC board representative for Gender and Education Association, an international organisation focused on research and advocacy for gender equality and serves on the Women on Campus executive committee at AUT.