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

    +60 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

All our writers

Dr. Angela Kersenbrock

Dr. Angela Kersenbrock is currently the president of the Community College Baccalaureate Association. An accomplished educator with experience at all levels of higher education, she retired after 34 years at Seminole State College in Florida. There, she was a tenured faculty member, department chair, dean, and associate vice president of the School of Business, Health, and Public Safety; she also led stakeholder partnerships to gain regional approval for baccalaureate degrees.       Angela holds a doctorate degree in Higher Education and Public Policy Studies and has a master’s in nursing. She has been involved with workforce education programs, having developed numerous degrees, certificates, and several baccalaureate programs, including business and information management, nursing, health sciences, and information systems. 

Jennifer Bailey

Jennifer Bailey is a college lecturer on technology. She runs regular meet-ups that allow students and educators to learn and share their knowledge about AI while also familiarizing themselves with the newest technological innovations.  

Marianna Seefeldt

Marcela G. Cuellar, PhD

Marcela G. Cuellar, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. Her research examines postsecondary equity with a focus on Latinx/a/o student experiences and outcomes at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and emerging HSIs.

Dr. Katia Paz Goldfarb

Dr. Katia Paz Goldfarb, inaugural Associate Provost for Hispanic Initiatives and International Programs Montclair State University. Professor/Founding Chair Family Science & Human Development. Fellow-NCFR. Fellow Academia de Liderazgo-HACU. Research: immigrant/transnational families, family sustainability, and HSIs. PI, NSF B&B Conference: The Long-Term Impact of COVID 19 on Latino Communities-Tri-State Area. Media: Univision/Telemundo/ABC/NBC/CBS News.  

Cathryn B. Bennet, Ph.D.

Cathryn B. Bennett, Ph.D. (she, her, hers) is a forced migration scholar and advocate with New Arrivals Institute. 

Lourdes Dávila

Lourdes Dávila is from San Juan, Puerto Rico. A professional dancer for 25 years, her academic writing focuses on the intersection of photography, dance/movement and writing in Latin America. She has published on Julio Cortázar, Mario Bellatin, Diamela Eltit, Eduardo Lalo, José Luis González, Martha Graham and Marie Bardet. She is the founder and managing director of the journal Esferas, which provides a shared space for the production of art and knowledge for artists, critics, undergraduates and graduate students. Fully dedicated to the teaching and advisement of students, Lourdes has twice won the CAS Golden Dozen Teaching Award and received the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award in the spring of 2019.

Kenneth A. Reid

Kenneth A. Reid is Riverland Community College’s Vice President of Strategic Enrollment and Equity. With extensive experience in student affairs, Reid is committed to eliminating barriers in higher education, enhancing student support services, and fostering a diverse and inclusive campus community where all students can succeed.  

Alyssa Dean

Dr. Mitzi Ramos

Dr. Mitzi Ramos is the LARES Associate Director of Graduate Student Professional & Career Development. She holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from WIU, an M.P.A. from SIUC, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from UIC. She is a DFI fellow, ILACHE Leadership Award recipient, and a Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation’s Leadership Academy fellow.  

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.    

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.

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