Author Bios

Diana Cournoyer, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is the executive director of the National Indian Education Association.

Max Marchitello is a senior analyst with Bellwether Education Partners in the policy and evaluation practice area.

Vicki B. Gaubeca serves as the director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition from Tucson, Arizona, and also serves as the policy and communications strategist for Alliance San Diego.

Dan Millis is the borderlands program manager for the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Dan and his program have been fighting border walls since George W. …

Rodrigo Acuña holds a PhD on Venezuelan foreign policy from Macquarie University. Together with journalist Nicolas Ford, last year he released his first documentary Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire. …

Mustafa Santiago Ali is a former official with the Environmental Protection Agency and vice president of the National Wildlife Federation.

Kristen Zaleski is Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California.

Fritz Zimmermann is a journalist at DIE ZEIT.

Carol Schaeffer is a freelance journalist.

Biba Adams is a Detroit-based writer with a passion for people and places. Her work has appeared in Ebony Magazine, VIBE, The Root and The Grio. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.