Ana María Pérez-Gironés received her M.A. in General Linguistics from Cornell University and is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Spanish at Wesleyan University, where she coordinates the Spanish language program and teaches at the intermediate level. She is co-author of Puntos de partida and ¿Qué tal?, and has published pedagogical materials for several other Spanish language programs. She has worked extensively in the development and implementation of computer-assisted materials for learning language and culture, such as Nuevos Destinos, and most recently, En una palabra.

Virginia M. Adán-Lifante is Lecturer and Coordinator of the Spanish language courses at the University of California, Merced. She received her Licenciatura en Filología Hispánica from the Universidad de Sevilla in 1987 and her Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1997. Dr. Adán-Lifante has served as reviewer of several Spanish language manuals and has published numerous reviews and articles in professional journals such as La Torre, The Bilingual Review, Gestos, Revistas de Estudios Norteamenicanos, South Central Review and Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.