Mikael de Lara Co is the new Editor-in-Chief of JournalIXM by IXM Hakuhodo, and concurrently serves as Head of Copy for the agency. His books of poetry and translations have been named finalist for the National Book Award four times. He has won the Palancas five times and the Maningning Miclat Award for poetry twice. He worked in advocacy and strategic political communications before joining IXM Hakuhodo.

Snow Schnabel is a Historian as well as a Creative Director. She writes and hosts the award-winning podcast What’s AP: Araling Panlipunan Rebooted on the PumaPodcast Network and has co-authored 5 children’s books about Filipinas in history.

She moved to Hilversum, North Holland in February and is slowly, painfully learning how to cook.