Emma L. Palastanga is a passionate educator with over 25 years of experience. She has worked in different school settings as a teacher and school leader instigating change. She has also worked as an Ofsted inspector evaluating the quality of education. Emma has lived experience of supporting children after the death of a loved one, and she is keen to empower all staff in primary schools to support children who are bereaved.

Poppy Gibson is a lecturer in Education at the Open University, and her research centres around well-being and mental health. After over a decade teaching and leading in primary schools around London, Poppy moved into higher education to work on primary education degrees.

Marie Greenhalgh is a former College Headteacher and is now Relationships Director for charity Inclusion Education. She has worked for Inclusion Education for over 16 years building programmes and education provision that support young people with mental health needs and neurodiversity.