is an 83-year-old freelance writer whose work has appeared in various publications. Her stories are narratives on personal growth, grief, family, and late-in-life love. She aims to help others see how life constantly opens to reveal its lessons. She lives by Muriel Rukeyser’s dictum that “the universe is made of stories, not atoms.”

is a linguist from Baghdad. He came to Tucson for school and fell in love with the desert, so he decided to make this place his American home. Mohammed is an avid learner of people and culture and thinks there's more to unite than divide humans.

has turned scrap metal and trash into art since retiring from renewable energy research management, among other things. She loves making tiny things, being the center of attention, and baking stuff she shouldn’t be eating, and hates that the older she gets, the more she looks like the grumpy old man from “Up.”

is a long-time Tucson resident who maybe qualifies as a native Arizonan. After stints as a trial lawyer, judge, and business owner, he now coaches the TriCats, the UA’s club triathlon team. He is proudest of his two children, loves to tell stories, and is a fervent believer in the Oxford comma.