Author Bios

Aaditi Lele is a first-year at Vanderbilt studying environmental sociology and political science. She is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, and organizes with Vanderbilt's Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign.

Eric Schank is a fellow at Salon writing for science and health. He holds a BA in environmental studies from Oberlin College.

Ashley K. Shelton is the founder and president of the Power Coalition for Equity & Justice and a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collaborative.

Nicholas Ford is an independent journalist, video producer and documentary maker. Together with Rodrigo Acuña, he is working on his first documentary titled, Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an …

Megan O’Matz is a reporter at ProPublica, where she covers issues out of Wisconsin.

April Simpson joined the Center for Public Integrity in October 2020 as a senior reporter covering racial equity. She was previously the rural issues reporter at Stateline, an initiative …

Sara Mughal is a shift supervisor and member of Starbucks Workers United at the Hopewell Starbucks in Pennington, New Jersey.