Kristen Ellis-Henderson is the founding member of the all-female rock band Antigone Rising, and co-author of Times Two: Two Women in Love and the Happy Family They Made, written with her wife Sarah Kate Ellis. The two moms learned they were each pregnant on the same day with due dates only three days apart! As a proud lesbian mother of twin 10 year olds, Kristen is passionate about expanding images of LGBTQ families in media.

Sarah Kate Ellis is the president and CEO of GLAAD, the nation's leading LGBTQ+ media advocacy group. She has been a publishing executive for the brands Real Simple, Vogue, and InStyle. Dedicated to making LGBTQ people of all ages feel seen and understood, Sarah Kate has played a key role in driving the growing trend of LGBTQ inclusion in kids and family media over the past several years.

The first gift Max Rambaldi remembers receiving was a yellow pencil and a stack of plain paper. She
grew up in Italy, filling blank spaces with her brush strokes. She believes that the world deserves more colors and shades.