Jéssica Nascimento Olaegbé is a PhD candidate in the Latin American Integration Graduate Program at the University of São Paulo (Prolam/USP), holds a master’s degree in social history, and a bachelor’s degree in body arts communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP). She is an actress trained at the School of Dramatic Art (EAD) at USP. Her research focuses on Black dramaturgies and theaters, transatlantic relations, and Afro-correspondence. She works as a theater director, playwright, and actress. She is the author of the book Festas, Dramaturgias e Teatros Negros na Cidade de São Paulo: Olaegbékizomba (2023).

Lucelia Sergio is an actress, director, playwright, art critic, and co-founder of Cia Os Crespos. She has been researching issues related to Black identity, racism, and identity since 2005. She graduated from the School of Dramatic Art/USP. She writes and serves on the editorial board of the Black Theater magazine Legítima Defesa. She is the co-creator of As Crespas, a gathering for reflection on Black art, and the Mostra de Cinema Negro Faz lá o Café. She co-organized the I Forum of Black Performance in São Paulo and the V National Forum of Black Performance.

Mônica Santana is an artist of body and word. She holds a PhD and a master’s degree in performing arts from the Graduate Program in Performing Arts at the Federal University of Bahia (PPGAC/UFBA). She has a certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies from the Afro-Latin Research Institute at Hutcheons Center, Harvard University, and teaches in the professional master’s program in arts and cultural mediation at Célia Helena Center for Arts. With her solo Isto Não é uma Mulata, she won the Braskem Prize for Bahian Theater in 2015 in the revelation category. She was also named one of the 25 Most Influential Black Women on the Internet by the Blogueiras Negras website and one of the most influential women in the arts by feminist activists at Think Olga.