Author Bios

Debbie Weingarten is a TalkPoverty fellow, former vegetable farmer and a freelance writer based out of Tucson, Arizona. Follow her on Twitter: @cactuswrenwrite.

Maia Danks is an intern at the International Marine Mammal Project. A senior at Berkeley High School, she's interested in animal conservation, especially marine conservation, is a certified scuba diver, …

Hyejin Shim is a bilingual domestic violence advocate with Asian Women's Shelter in San Francisco. She is an organizer and cofounder of Survived and Punished, and is also a member …

Hyejin Shim is a bilingual domestic violence advocate with Asian Women's Shelter in San Francisco. She is an organizer and cofounder of Survived and Punished, and is also a member …

The Women2030 Programme is a coalition of five women and gender network organisations collaborating to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a gender-equitable and climate-just way. Follow Women2030 …

The Women2030 Programme is a coalition of five women and gender network organisations collaborating to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a gender-equitable and climate-just way. Follow Women2030 …

Erin McHenry-Sorber is an assistant professor of higher education at West Virginia University.

Emmarie Huetteman is a correspondent for Kaiser Health News. Before that she worked at The New York Times, where she covered Congress with a focus on the House of …

Shaima Shamdeen is a solutions reporting intern for YES! Magazine. She is passionate about cross-cultural and interfaith dialogue. Follow her on Twitter: @ShaimaShamdeen.

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, a reporter for Kaiser Health News (KHN), recently graduated from Indiana University with bachelors degrees in journalism and political science. Her interest in health care during …