Author Bios

Erik Camayd-Freixas is professor of Hispanic Studies at Florida International University.

Bilal Zenab Ahmed is a freelance journalist and a Ph.D. student at SOAS University of London, studying the history of bodily violence, terrorism, military operations and capital accumulation in …

Hana Sarfan is a Next Leader at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Andrew Lichterman is a lawyer and policy analyst with the Oakland, California-based Western States Legal Foundation. He is a member of the board of the International Association of Lawyers Against …

Dr. Nia Heard-Garris is a pediatrician, researcher and instructor of pediatrics at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, and a Public Voices fellow …

Dr. O.N. Ray Bignall II is a pediatric nephrologist in Columbus, Ohio, and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio Chapter.

Bram Sable-Smith is a contributor at Side Effects Public Media.

Alesha Durfee is an associate professor of women and gender studies at Arizona State University.

Cecilia Chung is senior director of Strategic Initiatives and Evaluation at the Transgender Law Center and a former member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

Keston K. Perry is a postdoctoral researcher in the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.