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

Kristen Bombel

Kristen Bombel serves as the Communications Coordinator at Felician University.

Tracy Bicknell-Homes

Tracy Bickwell-Holmes is a library professor, at Boise State University.

Elaine Watson

Elaine Watson is a librarian and associate professor at Boise State University.

Momo Cordova

Momo Cordova is an associate professor at Boise State University.

Brittney Lewer

Brittney Lewer is the Education Programs Manager at Hyde Square Task Force. They are an educator with more than a decade of experience in teaching, research, and program design. A proud first-generation college student, Brittney recently earned their Ph.D. in the History of Education.

Dr. Hyein Lee

Dr. Hyein Lee is the Chief Operating Officer of TheDream.US. Dr. Lee Hyein came to the United States at the age of 17 from South Korea. She received a B.A. in History from New York University and has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Her highly regarded research focuses on undocumented students in higher education and the workforce.

Felida Villarreal

Felida Villarreal serves as President & CEO of VIDA, where she leads workforce development initiatives serving South Texas. Recently named to Hispanic Executive’s “30 under 30” list, she is a licensed CPA and is committed to creating economic mobility pathways through education and comprehensive support services.

AJ Alvero, PhD

AJ Alvero is an Assistant Research Professor at the Cornell University Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society with departmental affiliations in Information Science, Computer Science, and Sociology.  

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.

Giselle Martinez Negrette, Ph.D.

Giselle Martinez Negrette, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Jamie Bercaw Anzano

Jamie Bercaw Anzano is director of communications and research for Project Dragonfly at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She has instructed international and web-based graduate courses at Dragonfly since 2004 and has served as a graduate advisor since the master’s first graduating class in 2012. 

Dr. Patricia Arredondo

Dr. Patricia Arredondo believes in the power of transformative change and has been committed to supporting women’s empowerment and leadership opportunities throughout her long career as an academic administrator, researcher, and consultant Early in her career as a licensed psychologist, she worked exclusively with professional women and graduate students. She identified barriers to women’s confidence, relationship management, and career advancement based on gender socialization and structural barriers in the workplace. Since then, she has disseminated thought leadership on Mujerista principles and practices, inclusive leadership and other related issues.  Dr. Arredondo is currently president of the Arredondo Advisory Group and past Chair of the AAHHE Board of Directors. She resides in Phoenix and Mexico City.  

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