Kylia Ahuna was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, and is now located in Portland, Oregon. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience in 2019 at the University of Colorado Boulder where she studied the impact of strong social connections on mental health. Kylia is now pursuing her master’s degree in science writing at Johns Hopkins University and is also a researcher at Oregon Health and Sciences University studying the placenta to investigate how maternal health affects fetal health.

Find Kylia on Twitter: @KyliaAhuna

Kristen Hines is a medical writer and editor based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Lindsey Leake is the health, welfare and social justice reporter for TCPalm, the USA TODAY affiliate on Florida’s Treasure Coast. She has a B.A. from Princeton, an M.A. in Journalism and Digital Storytelling from American University, and is expected to graduate from Johns Hopkins with an M.A. in Science Writing in 2022. A Virginia native, she resides in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Find Lindsey on Twitter: @NewsyLindsey