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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dr. Mellander was a university dean for 15 years and a college president for 20.
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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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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).
Rafael C. Castillo, Ph.D., a professor of English and Humanities at Palo Alto College, is the author of Dostoevsky on Guadalupe Street (Peter Lang International), Aurora (Floricanto Press), Distant Journeys (Bilingual Review Press) and scholarly articles in Oxford Bibliographies, English Journal, Arizona Quarterly, Frank (Paris), New Mexico Humanities Review, CC-Humanities Review with fiction anthologized in Lone Star Literature (Norton), Under the Pomegranate Tree (Washington Square Press) and New Growth (Corona Press). He is the former editor of ViAztlan: International Journal of Arts and Ideas and serves as Co-Editor of CTN: A Journal of Pedagogy and Creativity (New Haven, CT), the official journal of Catch the Next, Inc. (a college-readiness program).
Kevin Prehn is president of Concorde Career Colleges, where he leads a dedicated team across eight states, preparing tomorrow’s healthcare professionals for diverse, in-demand careers. Kevin’s transformative leadership recently secured Concorde the prestigious 2023 School of the Year recognition from the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools.
Mariah Solis is a Tejano currently working in Washington, D.C., at the National Hispanic Medical Association through the nonprofit’s internship program. She is studying media and communications and minoring in politics and sociology at The Catholic University of America (CUA). Previously, she has written for the National Education Association about school resources and solutions to mental health issues. She works on accurate media representation for the Latino and LGBTQIA+ community as the 130th editor-in-chief of The Tower, CUA’s student newspaper, and vice president of CUAllies, the underground LGBTQIA+ campus organization. Solis has been the recipient of the 2023 Media Fellows Scholarship by the Washington Media Scholars Foundation and the Hector Mendez Scholarship issued by the Puerto Rican Heritage Society.
JoAnn Trejo, PhD, MBA, is a professor and senior assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Faculty Affairs at UC San Diego. She leads several NIH-funded programs and is a highly recognized leader for her work embracing mentorship and effective strategies to enhance faculty career development and inclusive excellence. She was elected as Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology, and included among the 100 Inspiring Hispanic / Latinx Scientists in America and in the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Trejo is a first-generation Mexican American scientist who received her PhD and MBA at UC San Diego and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at UC San Francisco.
Dr. Nava is an Applied Research Scientist at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and 2021-2024 President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN). Dr. Nava earned her MPA from Harvard University, a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Boston, an MSN from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BSN from Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing.
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.
Celia Deane-Drummond is Professor of Theology, Director of Laudato Si' Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford
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.
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Christina D. Abreu is an associate professor of history and director of the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at Northern Illinois University. She published Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960, in 2015 with the University of North Carolina Press.
Jenni is a first-generation Guatemalan American and international education practitioner who completed a Fulbright in Romania (2021-2022). Her career and doctoral studies are dedicated to enhancing cultural immersion opportunities and access for college students, especially those from historically marginalized groups.
The Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies staff
