Mala Hoffman is an educator with an MA in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University with nearly two decades of teaching experience who lives in upstate New York. Her articles on educational issues have appeared in Gifted Child Today as well as other journals and newspapers. She is also a published poet.

Lucy Moran is a certified holistic sex educator and loss companion based in upstate New York. She is a graduate of the Institute of Sexuality Education and Enlightenment (ISEE) and The Dying Years End of Life Doula training. She is a member of the National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) and is currently focused on supporting people through the complexity of pregnancy loss.