Tanya Ward Goodman is the author of the award winning memoir Leaving Tinkertown. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register, Coast Magazine, Luxe, and Panorama: A Journal of Intelligent Travel. She is co-founder of Girl Group Enterprises and is working on a second memoir. For more information visit www.tanyawardgoodman.com.

Jasmine Salters is a scholar, essayist, backpacker, and occasional lecturer partial to cross-genre writing that centers what moves, flourishes, and resists at the margin. Her essays, articles, and book reviews have appeared in publications such as Gawker, HuffPost, Public Books, and The Feminist Wire, among others. She is currently working on a collection of linked essays based on her award-winning dissertation, which centers the experiences of women of color in the commercial sex industry and the relationship between race, gender, intimacy, and capitalism. Tweet her at @backofftrack.