Author Bios

Ron Carver is an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow. 

Dr. Garcia is a physician and author of Sephardic heritage who resides in New Zealand.

Joey Gomez is an avid political junkie who listens to podcasts in the morning and hoards political magazines and far too many books in his spare time. When he …

Stephanie Canizales is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She specializes in Central American migration, immigrant integration, unaccompanied …

Dan Carino is a graphic journalist based in Los Angeles, California. He's also the founder of Co-Jo.US, a new media platform that combines the latest tech with handmade comics …

Steve Fleischli grew up in Nebraska, and held many jobs in his life, from flipping burgers, to detasseling corn, to being a bungee jumping instructor (aka “elastician”). However, he's …

Neal Barnard, M.D., is a nutrition researcher and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Alicia Criado, a participant of The OpEd Project, is based in Washington, DC, and is a frequent commentator on workers’ rights and economic justice. Follow her on Twitter: @criado_alicia.