Olaia O'Malley Gorbea was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She possesses a wealth of experience working with a wide range of musical traditions, diverse populations, cultures, and age groups. Olaia earned her Bachelor of Music Therapy degree with a double major in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans. She is a founding member of the Music Therapy Association of Puerto Rico, currently serving as the President of the Latin American Music Therapy Network, and holding the position of Executive Secretary for the Puerto Rican Professional Association of Rhode Island. In her professional capacity, Olaia offers music therapy services spanning from early childhood to end-of-life care, addressing a diverse spectrum of therapeutic needs. She actively advocates for the advancement of Music Therapy within the state and plays a pivotal role in program development and fostering community partnerships.

Lic. Cecilia Di Prinzio lives in Argentina and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Music Therapy from the Universidad del Salvador, Argentina. She has clinical experience in older adults, especially Parkinson's disease. She is a member o the WFMT. As well as she conducts meetings for stress management, and especially conducts research on teacher stress, she participates in the music therapy community as a speaker at scientific conferences.

-She is Certified in Neurological Music Therapy (NMT) The Robert F. Unkefer Academy of Neurological Music Therapy

-Also has her own company and is Managing director at Musicoterapia Norte / www.musicoterapianorte.com.ar

-Since 2007 she began to be a professor at the Universidad del Salvador as at the Clinic in motor and sensory disabilities in the Bachelor's degree in Music Therapy, Universidad del Salvador Argentina. Also she is a mentor and supervisor of students in their early years of clinical practice.

-Since 2014, she is the Founder and Coordinator of the Latin American Network of Music Therapy for Early Childhood, coordinating a group of professional Latin American music therapists specialized in early childhood. And she is the general editor of the Latin American Journal of Music Therapy for early childhood.

- Co-founder of the Music Therapy Forum for the elderly

She currently has the honor of participating in the Latin American Music Therapy Network as Vice President of the Latin American region

Julliana Castaneda is a first-generation Mexican-American Music Therapist from the South Suburbs of Chicago. She studied at and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy from Belmont University in Nashville, TN. She became a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) in 2020 and has been working in and around Chicago ever since. As a bilingual professional, she is highly passionate about supporting Spanish-speaking communities and often does so by hosting community music therapy groups - primarily through the form of drum circles. In 2022, she founded Entera Music and Wellness as a way to expand accessibility and awareness of music therapy in communities of color, through a Community Music Therapy model. Her mission at Entera Music and Wellness is to hold spaces where folks can come together to create music in community and have active conversations about music as a healing method.

Joynelis Caminero Santiago (Joy) was born and raised in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Joy was the 2021 Musician of Promise Scholarship recipient, which enabled her to pursue the Music Therapy Program at Saint Mary of-the-Woods College (SMWC), IN. Currently a music therapy senior at SMWC, Joy serves her college community as SMWC’s Music Therapy Student Association President, Senior Class President, Presidential Corps Representative, Chorale and Madrigals member. Joy hopes to graduate in May 2025, and continue a graduate education in the future.

Gabriel Perez (he/him) attended the Frost School of Music (University of Miami) in Coral Gables, Florida from August 2020 to May 2024. Throughout his time at UM, he was involved in leading numerous organizations, such as presiding the Alpha Mu Music Therapy Club and organizing service for Phi Mu Alpha Men's Music Fraternity. Additionally, he was involved in undergraduate research for a music-evoked autobiographical memory study at the B.R.E.A.T.H. Lab in the Psychology department at UM.  He currently serves as the 2024 Vice President of the American Music Therapy Association for Students (AMTAS). Gabriel believes that music can be a powerful tool for healing and empowering people and is excited to use his skills to make a difference in the world. He is currently a music therapy intern at Intermountain Health's Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City Utah, serving young patients in a pediatric medical setting, on track to become a board-certified music therapist.  Gabriel comes from a Cuban background and his favorite thing about it is the food! He also finds himself passionate about traveling the world, sports, meeting new people, and self-care.

Steven Franco holds a Master of Arts in Music Therapy from the University of Missouri—Kansas City and a Bachelor's degree from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico in Classical Guitar (performance) with a minor in music education. Currently, he works as a music therapist at the Department of State Hospitals – Atascadero, a maximum-security forensic psychiatric facility with primarily male patients. As a bilingual music therapist, he provides multiple groups for Spanish-speaking patients. Some areas he addresses through music therapy include stress reduction, cognition, insight, emotional intelligence, social skills, and managing anger and aggression. He also serves as one of the music therapy internship supervisors. He has been able to present at regional and national conferences regarding music therapy in the forensic setting. As a classical guitarist, he has participated in multiple master classes with world-class performers such as Manuel Barrueco and Marcin Dylla. He has over eight years of guitar teaching experience, both private and group lessons.