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Amber Ybarra is an American Author, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host and Motivational Speaker. From former Elite signed model turned role model, Amber has founded The Positive Platform. Through this, she helps other female entrepreneurs reinvent themselves through high performance strategies for lasting change and growth in both lifestyle and business.

Tom Murphy grew up in Barron Park, an unincorporated section of Palo Alto, CA, where he watched from his driveway on many Halloween nights his neighbors, some whom he had broken bread with, repelled by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Riot Squad with batons. He received praise for writing "interesting poetry" from his 8th grade English teacher.

Mark Lardas—a sometime engineer, freelance writer, historian and model-maker—has lived in the Houston area for forty years. He is currently employed as a technical writer and spends his spare time collecting offbeat stories about Texas and maritime history. He worked on the Shuttle program as a navigator and engineer from 1979 until 2011.

Clay Coppedge has published four collections of his Texas history columns, a history of baseball in Texas and a memoir. His work has appeared in a wide range of magazines, including Acres USA, Field & Stream, Progressive Farmer, Texas Co-op Power and Texas Highways. He lives and writes just outside of Walburg, Texas.

Kevin Thompson lives in the Texas hill country with his wife, Sarah, and their five school-aged kids.

Rosie J. Pova is a children's author and school presenter whose mission is to inspire kids to believe in themselves, dream big, and follow their passions. She lives in Texas.

Char Miller, formerly a professor of history at Trinity University, is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College.

Becca Waugh is the Owner & Designer of Sleepy Panther Design Co, a Fort Worth based Creative Studio.

Dana Knox Wright began letting go of fear at fifty.

LaQuisha Barnes is an emerging author who resides in Texas with her husband and children.