Laura O’Connell started her career as an entertainment publicist for the concert venue Westbury Music Fair and later became a marketing manager for the legacy brand Welcome Wagon. During both experiences, she always had interns by her side, teaching a new generation of professionals.

Jerielle Cartales is fascinated by bones. She enjoys studying skeletal development, trauma, and decomposition. She’s also passionate about helping others learn about forensic anthropology. Jerielle earned her MSc in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Dundee in Scotland in 2018, and has been teaching various forensic anthropology courses for Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon, since 2019.