Heidi Ann García holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Culture from Arizona State University. Since 1996 she has taught several courses at the university and high school levels, including basic Spanish for non-native speakers, Latin American literature, and business Spanish. She has also directed several Spanish programs abroad. In addition, she has published articles on topics such as U.S. Latino–Caribbean cultural production. She currently teaches Spanish for Heritage Speakers at North High School in Phoenix, Arizona.

Carmen Carney received her Ph.D. in Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Iowa. She is the Director of The Garvin Center for Cultures and Languages at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona. Professor Carney has published extensively on the interrelationships in Don Quijote between literature and the law as well as on the intersection between literature, language, culture, and business. She is the co-author of two business Spanish books: Informes y proyectos del mundo empresarial (Arco libros/Cámara de Comercio de Madrid, 2002) and the forthcoming Entre socios (McGraw-Hill, 2011), and has served as editor of the Journal of Language for International Business. She currently teaches Spanish for business and cross–cultural communication for Latin American MBA students through interactive live television broadcast to nine countries in the Spanish-speaking world.

Trino Sandoval holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from Arizona State University. Since 1996 he has taught several courses, including conversational Spanish, business Spanish, Hispanic heritage in the Southwest, and Spanish for Spanish speakers at Phoenix College, where he has also served as an administrator. He is co-translator of two books by Margarita Cota–Cardenas: Puppet (University of New Mexico Press, 2000) and Sanctuaries of the Heart (University of Arizona Press, 2005). He has also published film reviews and contributed to encyclopedia entries on Mexican film.