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.

  • 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

Jason Kornwitz

Jason Kornwitz is the senior writer and editor for the Boston College School of Social Work. He studied journalism and philosophy at Northeastern University.

Katherine Powers

Katherine Powers, Cal State Fullerton professor of music and principal investigator of Project upGRADS, has supported Latinx and underrepresented graduate students as the principal investigator on four Department of Education Hispanic-Serving Institution grants. Her work has been acknowledged through several university awards.

Marianna Seefeldt

David Ogul

David Ogul is a freelance writer based in San Diego  

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.     

Polet Milian

Polet Milian (she/her/ella) is a California native, first-generation college student, pursuing her Ph.D. in Psychology at Texas A&M University and is currently completing her clinical internship/resident year with Cambridge Health Alliance with Harvard Medical School. She will be graduating with a Ph.D. from Texas A&M this August 2024. There she is completing the Latinx Internship track focusing on serving Spanish Speaking populations, the Health Integration Program (HIP), which is a long-term service that provides daily activities and treatment for people with chronic or serious mental illness (SMI), and Psychiatric Emergency Services.   

Sherrell Smith

Sherrell Smith is the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, UTI, Inc.  

Arturo Cázares

Arturo Cázares is the CEO of LBAN, a Silicon Valley-based non-profit that partners with Stanford to empower Latino entrepreneurship across the U.S. With his leadership, LBAN has become a thought leader in Latino entrepreneurship. Before LBAN, Cázares was a C-level executive with extensive experience scaling businesses, from building and leading teams at start-ups to leading multi-billion-dollar revenue organizations with thousands of employees worldwide. He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Stanford and an MBA from the Stanford GSB.

Marsha Lawler

Marsha Lawler, EdD, has been with Western Tech for more than 10 years. She has served as instructor, Lead Instructor, and Academic Dean. Currently, she is working on various projects, including professional development, outreach to the business community, and student scholarships.  

Caleb González, PhD

Caleb González is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. His research focuses on first-year writing programs at Hispanic-Serving Institutions and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions.  

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.   

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.

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