Angela Cara holds a PHD degree in Education. Angela has conducted several Analysis on Implementation of Inclusive Education in Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajkistan, Georgia, Ukraine, Madagascar and has extensive experience supporting UNICEF and its partners in most Russian-speaking countries in Eastern Europe region. She is the author of more than 187 publications, including Reports on implementation of Inclusive Education and Vocational Education Program. External and Internal Evaluation of the quality of education, Mid-Term Evaluation, Road Maps for Inclusive Education.

Bolorchimeg Bor holds a Master’s degree in International Educational Development awarded by Teachers’ College, Columbia University and has about 20 years’ experience in education policy, inclusive education, early childhood development, education in emergencies, project management, monitoring, evaluation and assessment. She has played a leading role in the introduction of inclusive education concepts and values as well as the formation and development of Education Cluster in Mongolia. She authored and contributed to numerous reports on various education issues as a UNICEF Mongolia Education Specialist in 2008 – 2019 and translated several internationally recognized publications especially on inclusive education into Mongolian.

Jackie is DED Lda's Senior Editor. She was an instructor of Technical Writing, English Composition, Early American Literature, and Early English Literature, who taught and advised students for over 20 years. As a former senior lecturer of English literature and composition at the University of South Carolina and the University of North Texas, Jackie created curriculum and edited scholarship for colleagues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgia College and State University and a Master of Arts in English from the University of Florida. In addition, Jackie has completed advanced studies at the University of Florida, where she studied English Renaissance literature, the sermons and poetry of John Donne, and the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer. While at the University of North Texas, Jackie served as the Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate and was the Faculty Advisor to the English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta.

Cristina Troya has been in the field of Early Childhood Special Education and Disability for over 25 years.  She has her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and her Master’s Degree in Special Education with a minor in Early Childhood Special Education.

She was born in Ecuador, pursued her graduate studies in California, and has lived in many cities worldwide. Before relocating to Panama City, Panama, her current primary residence, she lived in New York City for ten years, where she was the Director of the Columbia University School of Public Health Head Start Program. She has also worked as an Early Childhood Education Consultant for various private Foundations. She was the first recipient of the prestigious Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. International Public Policy Fellowship. She had to relocate to Panama City, Panama, where she became the first Regional Disability Specialist for the UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO). After her assignment concluded at UNICEF, she worked as the Organizational Manager with the Special Olympics office for the LAC region, and was promoted to the Global Youth Technical Assistance Manager position with Special Olympics International.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cristina was diagnosed with a serious and rare condition but was able to overcome her illness. This experience gifted her a whole other perspective on what it is like to be a person with a disability.