Author Bios

Cristina Rey is a Filipina/Cuban American student activist and educator currently based in Western Massachusetts.

This article was written for YES! Magazine by the Indigenous #NoDAPL Coalition -- Indigenous groups who have been organizing at Standing Rock: Honor the Earth, Sacred Stone Camp, Indigenous Environmental Network, and …

Dr. Ama Biney is a historian and political scientist living in UK.

Lynne Lyman is the California State Director for the Drug Policy Alliance.

Patrick Parenteau is a professor of law at the Vermont Law School. 

Andy Hazel is a UN correspondent for Inter Press Service.

Tegra Stone Nuess is an editorial, documentary and commercial photographer specializing in travel. After growing up in Spokane, Washington, Tegra attended Connecticut College, receiving a BA in photography and French.

Cristina López G. is a Senior Researcher, with a focus in Hispanic media and Latino representation. She has a graduate degree in public policy from Georgetown University.

Jon Marcus, higher-education editor at The Hechinger Report, has written about higher education for The Washington Post, USA Today, Time, the Boston Globe, Washington Monthly, and is a higher-education …

Aldo Santiago is a freelance journalist, photographer and editor of Avispa Midia and Subversiones.