Tania Velásquez has been a manual therapist since 1994. She serves as adjunct faculty in the at the Pacific College of Health and Science-NY, where she teaches kinesiology, orthopedic pathology, and advanced manual therapy. She's also a member of the Research & Education committee at the Massage Therapy Foundation and a contributing author to evidence-based industry publications. But most of all, she’s an eternal student who loves helping people find peace and comfort in their bodies and has a trauma-informed care practice in New York City.

Diane Jacobs is a Canada-based physiotherapist with over 40 years of experience and the trailblazing developer of DNM. She's the author of the DermoNeuroModulating manual and in 2008 helped to establish the Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. She began teaching DNM around the world in 2007 and since then, the dermoneuromodulation approach has won the accolades of skeptics and changed the game and potential of manual therapy for future generations. She has retired from private practice, but continues educating professionals on more effective ways to work with people in pain.