Author Bios

La'Kayla Williams attends the University of Texas at Austin. Her mentor, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley, a Public Voices fellow and professor of African and African diaspora studies, contributed to this piece.

Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe is a clinical assistant professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where she teaches an immigration law clinic. She is a member of The …

María Cristina García writes and teaches about refugees, immigrants, and exiles. She is the author of Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida and Seeking Refuge: …

Sasha Silverman holds a BA in psychology from Gettysburg College. She has a passion for education. She taught English overseas, both in Japan and Ghana, and to international students …

Oscar Reyes is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is based in Barcelona.

In 2008 after more than 20 years in corporate America, Sarah and her husband, Paul bought an organic farm on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico and are working …

Shirin Marie-Rose Hess is a communications specialist and freelancer based in Oaxaca de Juarez. Her work is focused on social movements, womens' rights and human rights defenders. Follow her …

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of seven books, and the editor of six anthologies. Her new novel, Terry Dactyl, was described by the New York Times Book Review as …

Neal H. Hutchens is a professor of higher education at the University of Mississippi. Richard Fossey is the Paul Burdin endowed professor of education at the University of Louisiana …