b"ContributorsMarissa A. Barrera is the assistant dean of Health Sciences, and program director and associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the Katz School of Science and Health, Yeshiva University in New York City. In 2023, Dr. Barrera was the recipient of the ARTY Award for best practices in MS rehabilitation from the Consortium of MS Centers.Meghan Beier is a rehabilitation neuropsychologist and assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As a rehabilitation neuropsychologist, she specializes in cognitive rehabilitation, neuropsychological assessment, and psychotherapy interventions. Dr. Beiers research focuses on characterizing the emotional and cognitive symptoms common to people with MS, refining neuropsychological assessment techniques in this population, and developing interventions to ameliorate or slow MS-related cognitive decline.Cherie Binns has been a registered nurse since 1973. In 1994, she was diagnosed with MS, and received her MSCN certification nine years later. For the past 15 years, Cherie has operated a home-based patient advocacy business helping people identify the questions to be asked of their healthcare team. She serves as a member of the MS Lived Experience Advisory Panel for MS Focus, and is the Patient Healthcare Liaison for the organization.Joanne Fortunato is a retired computer technology teacher in Venice, Fla. Diagnosed in 2006, she uses technology to cope with the many difficulties that MS can present. She is a frequent contributor to MS Focus Magazine, using her technology education background to help others with MS. Contact Joanne at jfortunato1012@yahoo.com. Nichole Goble is the current director of Community Initiatives at Caregiver Action Network. She has been with the organization since 2017. As part of her role as director of Community Initiatives, she manages activities and programs with nonfunding community partners and moderates caregiver roundtables and learning collaboratives. She brings a unique perspective to her role, being an individual with a disability that has been on both sides of the caregiving relationship.Darbi Haynes-Lawrence is an associate professor at Western Kentucky University in the Child and Family Studies unit. Darbi has multiple sclerosis and uses her experiences as a researcher and a person living with MS to educate as many people as possible about the disease. Darbi and her student, Niah Soult, have written and illustrated three children's books for MS Focus.msfocusmagazine.org 4"