Author Bios

Don Thompson is an author at KFF Health News.

Sandra Henriquez is the CEO of ValorUS®, a California-based, national anti-sexual violence organization and California’s sexual assault coalition.

Jodie Fleischer is an award-winning journalist and the Managing Editor of Investigative Content and Collaborations for Cox Media Group.

Kristen Schorsch is a reporter on WBEZ’s government and politics team, where she covers Cook County, Illinois, and public health.

Mansoor Adayfi is an artist, activist, writer and former Guantánamo prisoner. He is the author of Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found in Guantánamo.

Tik Root is a senior staff writer at Grist.

H. A. Nethery is an associate professor of philosophy at Florida Southern College. He specializes in phenomenology and the philosophy of time. He has published essays on phenomenology, racism …

Patricia Kime is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Defense News, Military Times, Military.com, KFF Health News …

Derek R. Trumbo Sr., a multiple-time PEN Prison Writing Award winner, is an essayist, playwright and author whose writing has been featured in The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting A …

Amy Maxmen is a contributor at KFF Health News.