Author Bios

Jesse Coburn is a reporter at ProPublica. He joined the newsroom in 2024 after three years as an investigative reporter at Streetsblog NYC. His series there on the black …

Torsheta Jackson is the Mississippi Free Press’s award-winning education-equity reporter, in partnership with Report for America. She is passionate about telling the unique and personal stories of the people, places and …

Patricia M. DeMarco, Ph.D., is a Pittsburgh-based author and environmental policy expert with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Archbishop Marcia Dinkins is the founder and executive director of the Black Appalachian Coalition and Black Women for Change in Ohio.

Shahad Ali is an English literature student and writer from Gaza.

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca is a high school social studies teacher in Portland, Oregon.

Michelle Zacarias (she/her) is a queer Latina award-winning journalist, storyteller, and two-time cancer survivor. Born and raised in Chicago, Michelle currently resides in Southern California. As a CALÓ News …

Craig R. McCoy reports and edits investigative projects, covering political corruption, charitable abuses, police misconduct, and business scandals for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

A Philadelphia Inquirer reporter since 1993, Bob Fernandez report stories with an emphasis on enterprise, corporations, college debt, and features with a money angle.

Isabella “Isa” Marie Garcia is an independent arts professional, writer, and photographer living in her native Miami, Florida. Interested in alternative educational spaces, holistic aftercare, and supporting visual artists …