Wallace Corbett was born in Washington, DC in 1960. In 1989, while studying to work in the HealthCare Industry, he was diagnosed with AIDS. Following the difficulty of learning to live with his diagnosis, Corbett became a leading HIV/AIDS advocate in the District and has worked in AIDS education since 1989. Corbett has fundraised for HIV/AIDS services in the District through his cycling team "Brother to Brother Sister to Sister United", which he founded in 1996. In 2002, he established the Our Heroes project to build awareness of HIV/AIDS among communities of color.

Kevin Yancey Kenner led the photography team. He was born in the Harlem, New York in 1963 and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. While studying graphics at Prince George’s Community College in 1999, Kenner received his first camera as a gift. The experience changed his career path and Kenner set out to be a professional photographer.