Author Bios

Jean Franco was the first Professor of Latin American Literature in England. She is now Professor Emeritus English/Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York. Her work continues to portray …

Marc is an un-schooled artist who has been self-publishing comics and graphically designing since the mid-90's. Find more of his work at marcpalm.carbonmade.com.

Kayla Schultz is a graduate from Central Michigan University, where she studied creative writing and journalism. She is an online editorial intern at YES!

Andrew Szeto is a writer and activist from San Francisco. He works as a tenant organizer and is a graduate student in ethnic studies at San Francisco State University.

Dr. Ava Thompson Greenwell’s research focuses on black women television news managers.  She has worked as a reporter at WFLA-TV in Tampa, FL; WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, MN; WEHT-TV, Evansville, IN …

Nassrine Azimi is a Senior Advisor at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Born in Iran in 1959, Azimi is a Swiss citizen. After serving as chief of …

Kai Newkirk is co-founder and national coordinator of 99Rise. He lives in Los Angeles.