Jill McDougall has worked for decades in Indigenous schools and has a passion for facilitating bilingual programs in remote communities. Her roles have included Teacher Linguist at Ltyentye Apurte, in the Northern Territory, School Principal at Rawa Community School, in Western Australia and Lecturer at Bachelor College, in the Northern Territory.

Jill also writes educational resources for schools and contributed two Big Books to the series Our Land Our Stories published in partnership with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).

Jenny Taylor has lived in Central Australia since 1994 and has worked with artists and families in a number of Aboriginal communities. She currently works in adult education, at the Institute for Aboriginal Development in Alice Springs, and maintains her own art practice.