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Jennifer Grey is best known for her iconic portrayal of Baby in the classic film *Dirty Dancing*, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in the acclaimed series *Red Oaks* and won season eleven of *Dancing with the Stars*. At 62, she authored *Out of the Corner*, a memoir described as a powerful coming-of-age story about personal evolution.

Gale Straub is a podcaster, photographer, and writer who founded and hosts the She Explores podcast, which launched in June 2016 and has released 200+ episodes. She is also a published author, with her book She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Straub got her start in the outdoor and travel space.

Ross Meador is the author of *Carried Away: A Memoir of Rescue and Survival Among the Orphans of the Viet Nam War*. Profoundly moved by the suffering of Vietnamese war orphans while growing up during the Vietnam War, he traveled to South Vietnam at just 19 years old with the Friends of Children of Viet Nam (FCVN), helping deliver supplies to orphanages, finding families for hundreds of children, and playing a key role in Operation Babylift before being evacuated from the U.S. Embassy rooftop in

Fabiana Capuano is the author of *Far and Wild: A Travel Memoir* (co-credited with Brant Huddleston). At the age of 27, she left her comfortable small-town life in Italy to embark on a journey of exploration, experiences that form the basis of her memoir.

Brant Huddleston is an author focused on helping people thrive in the second half of life. His varied background includes stints as a rock & roll guitarist, classic car restoration mechanic, tropical fish tank cleaner, and sales professional. He is the founder of Danbra LLC and co-authored the travel memoir *Far and Wild* with Fabiana Capuano.