Esther has a BA in Clinical Psychology from her native Paraguay, and began the Program in Sacred Scriptures at ISEDET Seminary in Argentina, later to transfer to Chicago Theological Seminary to finish her MDiv. In 2012 she won the Gilberto Castañeda Scholarship, which honors outstanding LGBTQ students at CTS. Esther's focus is theological-based liberation from multi-leyer oppressions at intersections of race, class and gender, as a Latina woman living in the US. She maintains strong connections with LGBTQ religious groups and grass-root associations in Latin-America, allowing her to have a close understanding of the multicultural realities of those queer communities.

Esther Baruja es Psicóloga Clínica. Inició sus estudios teológicos en el Seminario Isedet en Buenos Aires. Fue obrera de la Comunidad Internacional de Estudiantes Evangélicos (CIEE) en su país natal, Paraguay. Actualmente vive en Chicago-EEUU con su compañera Kati y está en el último año de Maestría en Divinidad en Chicago Theological Seminary. Es miembro de la iglesia Wellington United Church of Christ, colabora con el comité organizador de Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America y se desempeña como Capellana en un Centro de Detención para menores indocumentados.