Renée DePalma is Professor in the School of Education, University of A Coruña, Spain. She coordinates the ECIGAL research group on global citizenship education and her research examines the social construction of marginalization within and beyond schools and the design of counter-hegemonic classroom practices.

Nicola Bermingham is Reader in Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her research lies at the intersection of sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and Hispanic and Lusophone linguistics with a particular focus on the contexts of Galicia and Cape Verde.

Ana Josefa Cardoso is an educator, researcher and advocate for Cabo Verdean Creole and bilingual education. She is a founding member of ALMA-CV, the Cabo Verdean mother tongue association, and a PhD candidate in Linguistics at NOVA University, Portugal.