Lissa Soep is an editor, producer, writer, and researcher who started a career in audio storytelling more than 20 years ago after she finished a PhD at Stanford, turned down a professor job, and joined Youth Radio instead, a nonprofit newsroom (now YR Media) in Oakland, California. The YR stories that she has produced for NPR and other outlets have reached tens of millions of listeners, advanced reforms in juvenile justice and child welfare, and won Peabody, Murrow, Kennedy, Gracie and other awards. Since 2020, she has edited narrative podcasts with Vox Media and established the Vox Media Podcast Network Audio Academy. She has co-authored four academic books and lots of research articles and has a narrative nonfiction book coming out in the spring.

Erick Gomez is a freelance audio mix engineer and mentor focusing on podcasts and other forms of spoken word content. He hails from the broadcast radio world, where he got his start crafting in-house commercial spots for both local and national advertisers at 97.9 FM La Mega in New York City. His previous employers include Peloton, The New York Times, Vox, Westwood One, Univision and MTV. Erick is the proud son of immigrant parents, an avid gamer, cat daddy, Broadway musical enthusiast, vegetarian, and an overall computer and audio nerd.

Jesica Martinez de Hoz is an associate producer, as well as a website and podcast art designer. While earning a degree in Communication Studies at McMaster University, Jesica hosted her own radio show, The Indie Night Shift. Every Tuesday night you could find her alone in the basement of the student center, playing whatever songs she discovered that week - this is where her audio journey began. After graduating, she earned a certificate in Music Business at Humber College and was introduced to the behind-the-scenes of podcasting. It was then that Jesica began working on Overlooked, among several other upcoming podcasts, and decided to delve deeper into the world of audio storytelling.