Seamus (James) Neilson
Cassandra’s favorite art teacher, long-time friend of the Voss family, and author of the foreword to Maybe Life Hurts.
Chancey Anderson Tauer
Co-founder, Prodeo Academy; public charter school network closing the opportunity gap in Minnesota.
Canaan Cooper
Saint John’s University ‘25; poet exploring science, faith, and adversity. From Nassau, Bahamas.
Karlyn Crowley
19th President of Kalamazoo College; founding director of the Cassandra Voss Center.
Alex Gruber
Doctoral student in theology at Fordham University; writes on regional religious history.
Lily Janousek
“Notes app poet”; creator and co-founder of the Bearing It All podcast on grief and life.
Ava Van Straten
Yale ‘25; works on the Child Sex Trafficking Team at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.