James J. Walter, PhD is the Austin & Ann O’Malley Professor of Bioethics at Loyola Marymount University.

Valeria Fernandez is an Uruguayan-born, independent journalist. She’s won multiple awards for her print and online coverage of immigration in Arizona.

Rene Gutel is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona. She contributes regularly to National Public Radio and writes for the Phoenix New Times’ food blog and hosts a podcast for the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.