Author Bios

Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch journalist based in Atlanta. He studied history and literature at New York University and has written for Jacobin, JSTOR Daily, New Lines Magazine, Esquire, and more.

Berenice Garcia is a regional reporter covering the Rio Grande Valley. She works at the Tribune as a corps members with Report for America. She previously covered local government, …

Alejandro Serrano is a general assignment reporter for The Texas Tribune. Before joining the Tribune in the fall of 2022, he reported on a variety of topics for the …

Ashley Murray covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include domestic policy and appropriations.

Theia Chatelle is a freelance journalist and photographer covering conflict, human rights, and displacement across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Based in Jerusalem, she reports on …

Priya Kandaswamy is faculty in women’s, gender and sexuality studies at San Diego State University. She is the author of Domestic Contradictions: Race and Gendered Citizenship from Reconstruction to Welfare …

Arash Azizzada is an immigrant, Afghan-American filmmaker and community organizer based in Los Angeles, California. He started his activism by leading voter registration campaigns for the Afghan-American community, translating …

Luke is an investigative journalist based in Washington, D.C. He was most recently a writing fellow at the American Prospect and was with the Open Markets Institute before that. …

Pooja Salhotra joined The Texas Tribune in 2022 as its first-ever East Texas reporter based in Lufkin, where she covered a vast region that borders three states and stretches north …