Author Bios

Samah Jabr is a psychiatrist and writer living in East Jerusalem.

Elizabeth Berger is a child psychiatrist and writer living in New York.

Rosi Carrasco is an undocumented mother of two and migrant rights organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations in Chicago, IL.

Benjamin Franta is a Ph.D. candidate in applied physics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School …

Melissa Yeager is a senior staff writer at the Sunlight Foundation.

In addition to being president of the United Domestic Workers of America, Editha Adams is a hardworking women of color, raising three daughters in San Diego, California. She works …

Joanne Barker is Lenape (an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians). She is professor of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University.

Nancy C. Loeb is the director of the Environmental Advocacy Center and assistant clinical professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She is an NU Public Voices Fellow with …

Sarah Sunshine Manning (Shoshone-Paiute, Chippewa-Cree) is a mother, educator, activist and an advocate for youth. Follow her on Twitter: @SarahSunshineM.

Adriana Cardona-Maguigad​ ​is a​ ​Colombian​ ​journalist​ ​based in Chicago. Adriana​ ​is the co-founder​ ​and​ ​former editor​ ​of​ ​The Gate​ ​newspaper, a hyper-local and bilingual community news publication​ ​in the …