Meet our writers

We are an extended family and we take advantage of opportunities to work together.

  • Gary M. Stern

    +60 articles

    Gary Stern, a contributing writer for HO  has written hundreds of articles that have appeared in such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Weekend, Crain's New York Business, Electronic Business, and Tennis. 

  • Frank DiMaria

    +50 articles

    Frank DiMaria is a freelance writer living South Carolina. When he’s not writing he teaches computer science and digital literacy in a middle school in Fort Mill.

  • Mary Ann Cooper

    +50 articles

    Whether the subject is health care or movies, women's issues or trends in television, Mary Ann has written about it or spoken about it. She is the author of more than 100 book projects including “Natural Cures for Common Diseases,” “101 Ways to Pamper Yourself,” and "Easy Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol." She was a nationally syndicated columnist for 30 years and contributing writer to an eclectic group of magazines including Hispanic Outlook, Women's World, Television Week, GRAND Magazine, Boxoffice Magazine, Looking Good Now Magazine, and American Media Special Magazines.  

  • Gustavo A. Mellander

    +50 articles

    Dr. Mellander was a university dean for 15 years and a college president for 20.

  • Enrique Del Risco

    +40 articles

    Enrique Del Risco Arrocha, also known as Enrisco, was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. He has a degree in History from the University of Havana and a doctorate in Latin American Literature from New York University (NYU), where he currently works. as a teacher in the department of Spanish and Portuguese. He was a finalist for the Cintas Foundation Fellowship for Creative Writing -for the project “Trilogía cubana del Hudson” (2011), and has received the following awards: Prize of the Contest Trece de Marzo 1993, Prize of Short Story magazine “Revolución y Cultura” 1994, Villa Awards de Madrid 1996 and V Ibero-American Cortes de Cádiz Award 2008, for the works: Shrunken Works (1992), Loss and recovery of innocence (1994), Crocodile tears (1998), Leve Historia de Cuba (2007), and ¿Qué Will they think of us in Japan? (2008).

  • Peggy Sands Orchowski

    +40 articles

    Peggy (Dr. Margaret) Sands Orchowski Ph.D. has been the credentialed Congressional Correspondent for the Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education magazine in Washington DC since 2006.  Her new book “The Law That Changed the Face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965” was published by Rowman & Littlefield in September in time for the 50th anniversary of its signing.

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Cristóbal Rodríguez, PhD.

Cristóbal Rodríguez, PhD., is Associate Provost of Equity at Western Michigan University, Chair-elect, Board of Directors, American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education, and Commissioner, President Biden’s Advisory Commission for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics.  

Julia Davis

Julia Davis is a Communications Associate at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Fernando Paz

Fernando Paz is a Cal Poly Humboldt graduate with a BA in History and Ethnic Studies (2008). He currently serves as the Campus and Community Development Coordinator for the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and has previously coordinated El Centro Académico Cultural at the university.    

Rocque Perez

Rocque Perez is a proud ‘first-gen’ from Southern Arizona. He is a communications manager in the Office of the Provost at Arizona State University, where he is responsible for positioning ASU’s designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution. He is also charged with an enterprise-wide ecosystem that supports practices and philosophies that generate greater outcomes of representation, a sense of belonging and success.

Dr. Barry Garside

Dr. Barry Garside is the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Nashua Community College and specializes in matters pertaining to accreditation, strategic planning, and the assessment of student learning. He holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in mathematics and a doctorate in education from Maryville University.

Hernando Sevilla-Garcia

Hernando Sevilla-Garcia is a DEI Consultant at EY and doctoral student at UCLA as a Gates Millennium Scholar. Currently a Teaching Fellow at Stanford, he was previously an Adjunct Faculty at Saint Xavier University and Assistant Director at IES Abroad.    

Elizabeth Sharp

Elizabeth Sharp, PhD is the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies and Professor in Human Development & Family Sciences at Texas Tech University. She is the former Interim Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Sharp was the recipient of the Texas Tech Hispanic Student Society Award for Outstanding Support and Dedication Award as well as the student-initiated award entitled, Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech.

Gaby Perez

 Gaby Perez is a current PhD student in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. Her research interests examine the journeys of Latinx students from urban environments. 

Bonne August

Dr. Bonne August has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at New York City College of Technology since September 2006, having served as acting provost since February 2005. Previously, she was chair of the English Department and professor of English at Kingsborough Community College/CUNY, where she had been on the faculty since 1982. Her professional interests and publications include work on poetry, women writers, writing assessment, portfolio assessment, and faculty development. A member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Departments of English from 2006-2008, Dr. August served as its president for 2008. 

Julie Ferin

Julie Ferin, MEd, is the executive director of the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs.

Marianna Seefeldt

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