Author Bios

Lourdes Cárdenas is an independent journalist based in El Paso, Texas, and a journalism professor at New Mexico State University. She usually covers stories related to immigration, drug trafficking …

Catherine Weaver is associate professor of Public Affairs and co-director of Innovations for Peace and Development at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a Public Voices Fellow with the Op-Ed Project.

Aaron joins EFF after moving from Washington, DC where he worked on speech, privacy, and freedom of information issues at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and …

Kevin Grandia is a contributor and strategic adviser to DeSmogBlog and DeSmog Canada. He runs the digital marketing agency Spake Media House. Named a ‘Green Hero’ by Rolling Stone Magazine …

Claire Salisbury is a freelance environmental science writer regularly contributing to Mongabay, blog coordinator with the tropical reforestation research network People and Reforestation in the Tropics (PARTNERS) and volunteer consultant for nonprofit …

Ann Converso is a registered nurse, Communications Workers of America organizer and past president of United American Nurses.

Patrick Weisansal is a radiologic technologist for Kaleida Health and the director of mobilizing and organizing for the Communications Workers of America Local 1168.

Rachel Tansey is a freelance writer and researcher on environmental and economic justice issues. Follow her on Twitter: @ecospaceship.

Nicholas Conley is the author of Pale Highway, an award-winning novel dealing with Alzheimer's. He can be found on the web at www.NicholasConley.com.

Erin N. Marcus, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.