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Maya Sutriasa

is an art student at Portland State University. Her current work focuses on human connection, migration, and nostalgia. She is also a member of TIDE (taskforce for inclusion, diversity, and

Jocelyn Yang

is a senior at Emerson College pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, with a minor in Business Studies. Originally from Beijing, China, Jocelyn’s journalism aspiration started with her journey to

Alexander Thompson

is a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor covering national news from Boston. Before coming to the Monitor, Alexander worked for local papers in Ohio and Massachusetts, including The

Ted McDermott

is the author of the novel The Minor Outsider and a freelance writer in Spokane, Washington. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in VICE, The Believer, The Portland Review, The Minus Times, and

Nylah Burton

is a Chicago-based writer with bylines in New York Magazine, Vogue and Shondaland.

Morgan Taylor

is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation with a passion of educating and informing the Creek people like her grandmother Shelly Crow, former Second Chief of the Muscogee (Creek)

Liz Gray

is the Managing Editor for Mvskoke Media. Her journalism career began as a reporter for Mvskoke News. She graduated from Northeastern State University and currently attends the University of Oklahoma

Tamisha Torres-Walker

is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Safe Return Project, whose mission is to end mass targeted criminalization, incarceration, and disenfranchisement of BIPOC and poor communities. Tamisha has ten

Veronika Perková

is an environmental journalist, author of the guidebook: Ask Great Questions, Get Great Answers, and host of the Nature Solutionaries podcast. In a recent episode, Veronika talked to Sara Inés

Aviva Chomsky

is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. The author of several books including Undocumented and “They Take Our Jobs!”, Chomsky has

Hiroshi Ono

is a professor of Human Resource Management at the School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University.

Kristen Schultz Lee

is an associate professor of Sociology at the University at Buffalo.

Nicole Fabricant

is a cultural anthropologist whose research interests focus on the cultural politics of resource wars in Latin America and the US. Her dissertation work and recent publications have centered on

Sally Hayden

is a journalist focused on migration, conflict, and humanitarian crises. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Financial Times Magazine, VICE, and

Gabrielle Ghaderi

is an emerging writer from the Chicago area. As a half-Iranian woman, much of her work explores multiculturalism, identity, and race. Gabrielle has work published or forthcoming by Blue Marble

Alan Jenn

is an assistant professional researcher at the Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (PH&EV) group of the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at the University of California, Davis, and an affiliate

Mohammad Hassan Khalil

is a professor of Religious Studies, an adjunct professor of Law, and Director of the Muslim Studies Program. Before returning to his hometown of East Lansing, Michigan, he was an

Lisa Held

is Civil Eats’ senior staff reporter. Since 2015, she has reported on agriculture and the food system with an eye toward sustainability, equality, and health, and her stories have appeared

Celia Hack

covers local government for The Wichita Beacon. She is a Report for America corps member.

Danita Peoples

is a board-certified dermatologist in Midland, MI, who has practiced dermatology since 1986. She completed her medical training at Wayne State University and her internal medicine internship at William Beaumont

Gregory D. Smithers

is professor of American history and Eminent Scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University and a British Academy Global Professor at the University of Hull in England. His research focuses on Cherokee

Briana Flin

is a video editor and producer for Nexus Media News, where she covers environmental justice and climate change. Her work has appeared in outlets like The Atlantic, WIRED, Newsy, KQED,

Mira Sydow

is a journalist, community organizer, and undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. She was born in Philadelphia but grew up in an immigrant community in the suburbs of Atlanta.

Brian Bilston

is often described as the “Poet Laureate of Twitter.” From fragments of information pulled together from social media, we know he is British and likes tank tops, cycling, and Vimto.

José Sanabria

was born in Columbia and lives in Argentina. He is a highly accomplished artist, illustrator and writer and his books are published around the world. 
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