Author Bios

Patrick Mazza is a veteran activist and journalist who has focused his work on sustainable solutions to climate disruption and other ecological challenges for over three decades. He is editor of Cascadia Planet. 

Sandra Fulton coordinates Free Press' legislative outreach and lobbying efforts. Before joining Free Press, she served as a legislative assistant in the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office, where …

Judith McDaniel is a professor at the University of Arizona where she teaches Women and the Law and Law and Social Change in the School of Government and Public …

Paloma Beamer is an associate professor of environmental health sciences and chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Arizona. She is a Tucson Public Voices Fellow with The …

Karletta Chief is an assistant professor of soil, water and environmental science at the University of Arizona. She is a member of the Navajo Nation and a co-principal investigator …

Nathan Borrero is a third-year physiology student at the University of Arizona, whose research focuses on exposure to e-cigarette flavorings. He is a participant in the NIH-funded Environmental Health …

Benjamin Rivera is a junior majoring in physiology at the University of Arizona, whose lab research focuses on mine reclamation and establishment of biogeochemical indicators. He is a participant …

Patrick McGinley is a professor of law at West Virginia University. McGinley served as counsel or co-counsel in cases challenging the alternative bonding systems in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. …

Kate Boccia is the founder and CEO of the National Incarceration Association.

H Kapp-Klote is the digital and communications director for GetEQUAL, a national LGBTQ grassroots network. They are a writer, organizer and general media nerd from Kansas, and have written …