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A graduate of The College of St. Thomas More (Fort Worth, Texas) and then The Catholic University of America, Dr. Travis Cooper has been teaching at Thomas Aquinas College since 2012. Reading and discussing literature, in itself and in its intersection with theology and philosophy, is near and dear to his heart. Dr. Cooper, his wife Briena, and their five sons live in Santa Paula, California.

Valeria Gurr serves as a senior fellow for the American Federation for Children. She is a passionate advocate for educational choice, particularly for underserved families. For more information, visit federationforchildren.org/staff/valeria-gurr.

Jayme Clune writes from Atlanta, Georgia.

Erika Bachiochi is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a senior fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute, where she founded and directs the Wollstonecraft Project and its online journal of sex-realist feminism, Fairer Disputations. A 2018 visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, she will be teaching a women’s history course in the new “Catholic Women’s and Gender Studies” program at the University of St. Thomas (Houston) next spring.

Rebecca Wilson is the assistant Director of Wellness, Healing, and Evangelization for CMF CURO. She holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Theology from the International Theological Institute in Austria, with an undergraduate degree in Theology from Benedictine College in Kansas. Becca has a passion for evangelization and bringing the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith to the level of the human person. She is a certified Health Coach through the American Council on Exercise, allow...

Adam Lucas completed undergraduate studies in philosophy and classics at the University of Pittsburgh, and holds a Masters in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. His writings have appeared in <em>Catholic Answers</em>, <em>Crisis Magazine</em>, <em>The Catholic World Report</em> and other Catholic publications. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and son.

Stella McGuire, age 11, is a 6th grade student at the Brookewood School for Girls in Kensington, Maryland. She enjoys piano, painting, and reading the National Catholic Register and The Wall Street Journal.

Sister Charity, SV was raised in Orillia, ON, Canada, and graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, ON with a degree in journalism. She entered the Sisters of Life in 2016, and professed first vows on August 4, 2019. Sister Charity currently lives at Sacred Heart Convent in New York City, and serves as the Assistant Director of the Respect Life Office for the Archdiocese of New York.

Kevin Wells is a Catholic speaker, writer, president of the Monsignor Thomas Wells Society for Vocations, and author of the bestselling book <em><a href="https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/priests-we-need-to-save-the-church-the">The Priests We Need to Save the Church</a></em> (Sophia Institute Press, 2019).

Mary-Rose Verret and her husband, Ryan, are founders of <a href="http://www.witnesstolove.org">Witness to Love: Marriage Preparation Renewal Ministry</a> and co-authors of the handbook for mentor couples <a href="https://www.tanbooks.com/index.php/a-witness-to-love.html"><em>Witness to Love: How to Help the Next Generation of Marriages Survive and Thrive</em></a>, published by St. Benedict Press in 2015.