Author Bios

Valerie Rose Brinton is a depth psychologist at Fillmore's Wellness Center in the Santa Clara River valley of Southern California. Her research on the transpersonal nature of post traumatic …

Justin Doolittle is a freelance writer.

Andrew Elrod is a writer living in New York.

Bethania Palma Markus is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist.

Sarahjane Blum is a small business owner and an animal rights activist. She lives in Minneapolis.  

Kara Brandeisky is a reporting intern at ProPublica. She previously interned at NPR, Slate, Congressional Quarterly, The New Yorker Washington bureau and The New Republic. She graduated from Georgetown …

Brad Parker is an attorney and international advocacy officer with Defence for Children International Palestine, an independent child-rights organization dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living …

Colleen Teubner is a student at the George Washington University and an intern for OtherWords at the Institute for Policy Studies.