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.

  • Gustavo A. Mellander

    +50 articles

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

  • 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.  

  • 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

John Arroyo

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning,  MIT Research Fellow, Global Social Protections,  Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,  Harvard University

Cristina Sanz

Cristina Sanz (Lic. Universitat de Barcelona, PhD UIUC) is Professor/Catedrática of Spanish & Applied Linguistics at Georgetown University, where she directs the Intensive and School of Foreign Service Spanish Programs and the Barcelona Summer Program. She also served as Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. 

Dr. Elizabeth Frohlich

Dr. Elizabeth Frohlich serves as Director for Resources and is involved in a wide range of resource development initiatives in support of the mission of The Forum. She manages the Forum Consulting program, works with the Annual and Europe, Africa, and Middle East (EMEA) Conference Committees to develop conference content, and leads The Forum’s sustainability efforts. frohlice@forumea.org  

Jamaal Abdul-Alimn

Jamaal writes articles about higher education and chess. His articles have appeared in several national newspapers and magazines, including Education Week, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal and US News & World Report.  He attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and was a Spencer Education Journalism Fellow. He received an undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

Luis G. Van Fossen Bravo

Luis G. Van Fossen Bravo is Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has worked since 2000. His work focuses on academic programming, international partnerships, and engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean. He is completing an Ed.D. in Higher Education Management.

Gina Astorini

Dr. Astorini, Ed.D., currently serves as the Associate Director for The Leadership Alliance. Dr. Astorini is focused on developing, evaluating, and improving programming that serves underrepresented students to support preparedness and critical skills necessary to pursue careers in research.  

Stephanie Reitz

Stephanie Reitz  

Dr. Irene Oujo

Dr. Irene Oujo is the Executive Director of the Hispanic Center and Center for Student Success at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Since 2006, Dr. Oujo has worked as a faculty member and administrator, striving to increase the college entrance, persistence and graduation rates of Hispanic and all students.

Norma Poll-Hunter, PhD

Norma Poll-Hunter, Ph.D. serves as Senior Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Albany, SUNY, and her BA in Psychology at Lehman College, CUNY.     

Adriana Rodríguez

Adriana Rodriguez is the Vice President for Programs at Excelencia in Education. She leads the strategic direction and operations of the Programs team to ensure high-quality implementation of two major portfolios (Examples of Excelencia and Seal of Excelencia certification). Adriana has 20 years of experience in the non-profit education sector.   

R. Lennon Audrain

R. Lennon Audrain, PhD, is a researcher at Arizona State University and the executive board president of the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs.  

Adalyn Hixson

Diana Saenger began reviewing entertainment in 1985 for a San Diego newspaper and quickly watched her coverage of film, books, music and home entertainment products expand to other newspapers and magazines. An award winning journalist, Diana has won numerous awards with California Media Professionals, San Diego Press Club and the National Federation of Press Women. Diana is past president of So. California Media Professionals, past president and treasurer of the San Diego Film Critic’s Society, member of Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the author of Everyone Wants My Job: the ABC's of Entertainment Writing.

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