Author Bios

Paola Naughton is a third-year student at the University of Pennsylvania studying English and gender, sexuality, women’s studies. She is interested in Marxist studies and reproductive justice.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Janay Draughn is a fourth-year student at the University of Pennsylvania studying English with a minor in Africana studies. She is a member …

Kayla White is a third-year student at the University of Pennsylvania studying Africana and philosophy. Her research pursues ideas of liberation through Black mutual aid, identity and education within …

Aanika Beller is a fourth-year sociology student at the University of Pennsylvania whose work is focused on violence prevention education, farming and food justice.

Andrea Barajas is a third-year student studying criminology and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Passionate about youth-based restorative and transformative justice, she is also an incoming submatriculate master's …

Stephanie Guilloud is the Movement Organizing Senior Strategist at Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide based in Atlanta, Georgia. Guilloud brings close to three decades of …

Ash Peterson (she/they) is a freelance writer and illustrator with a particular interest in environmental and disability issues. They are based in Northwest Georgia, where she received two awards …

Sophie Hurwitz is a Brooklyn-based fact-checker and reporter.

Erica González Martínez is the director of Power 4 Puerto Rico, a national coalition of Puerto Rican diaspora groups and allies working to clear federal hurdles in the way …

Nora Loreto is a writer and activist based in Quebec City. She is also the president of the Canadian Freelance Union.