Esai Reddy is a final year Masters student in Linguistics at the University of Cape Town. She is a student leader, was part of the design and facilitation team of the DALA leadership academy project and works now as research fellow in the Designing for Social Justice Partnership programme.

Joe-Dean Roberts is a second-year undergraduate law student at the University of Cape Town/UNISA. She was part of the design and facilitation team of the DALA leadership academy project and works now as student administrator in the Designing for Social Justice Partnership programme.

Abigail Tshiamala is a final-year undergraduate law student at the University of Cape Town. She is a student leader and was part of the design and facilitation team of the DALA leadership academy project.

Belinda Verster is a registered professional urban planner and senior lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She engages in collaborative transdisciplinary research, innovation and decision-making within the sustainable-smart cities realm. Her current research focus is on a research agenda for displaced marginalised communities and post-qualitative research on co-creating social digital innovations in vulnerable communities.