Author Bios

Gabriela Garcia is a young Mexican American student in San Francisco.

Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

Giuliano Battiston writes for the Inter Press Service.

Teun van Dongen is a national security expert and a PhD candidate at Leiden University. He is currently finishing his dissertation on counterterrorism effectiveness, and he is writing a …

Scott Klinger is senior equitable development specialist at Jobs with Justice and an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow.

Stacie Jimenez is a senior in high school in San Francisco, CA.

Marsha Calvert is a senior in high school.

Antonio Pasolini is a writer for Occupy.com.

Monica Rauda is a student.

Levi LaChappelle is a lawyer and policy advocate based in California. Follow him on Twitter: @LeviLaChappelle