A four-time All-Australian, Alex Rance was a key player in Richmond's drought-breaking 2017 AFL Premiership win. Off-field, Rance looks to inspire the next generation to realise their dreams. He and two business partners started The Academy, a school for Year 11 and 12 students that is based on teaching real world skills and keeping students engaged in their schooling by following their passions.

Shane McG is a Melbourne-based illustrator who writes and illustrates his own picture books as well as illustrating for a wide range of books for other authors. Shane has been drawing ever since he can remember. At school, he created his own comic strips and now he makes picture books and illustrations for people all around the world.