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

Yvonne M. De La Rosa

De La Rosa is a Seguin native and Executive Director of Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin (Teatro). She is a graduate of Texas State University, where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Adult, Professional, and Community Education. Her research study explored the struggle and resiliency of a Mexican American community in Seguin as they attempted to maintain, teach, and celebrate their Mexican American roots, customs, knowledge, and traditions through community education. She aimed to provide insight into public pedagogy - as it relates to teaching, learning, and leading - as a means to record growth and change within the community.

Rachel Garcia

Dr. Garcia is Associate Vice Chancellor of Teaching and Learning at San Jacinto College. She holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, an MBA, and a Chemistry degree. A former professor and department chair, she’s earned accolades including the Piper Nominee and Roueche Award. As PI and Co-PI on major STEM grants, she champions student-centered learning and the advancement of academic and public service initiatives.

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Marcela Gutiérrez-Graudiņš is an award-winning global ocean justice leader committed to reimagining power, policy, and leadership in climate justice. Founder and Executive Director of Azul, an innovative movement and global network of Latino leaders committed to galvanizing the climate justice field to boldly push for policies that serve the people. Marce’s work has reimagined environmental conservation policies to place care for people at the center and transformed justice-driven ocean policies locally and internationally.  

Christie Counts

Christie Counts is the Assistant Communications Specialist in the Office of Student Success at Cal Poly Pomona, where she develops and executes strategic communications, digital marketing campaigns, and social media management to highlight student achievements and campus initiatives. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communications with an emphasis in Multimedia Journalism.

Celia Deane-Drummond

Celia Deane-Drummond is Professor of Theology, Director of Laudato Si' Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford

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. 

Dr. Michael J. McDonough

Dr. Michael J. McDonough has served as president of Raritan Valley Community College since 2014. He previously served as provost and vice president of academic services at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY; as dean of Liberal Arts at Monroe Community College; and as the Fred H. Gertz Professor of English at Alfred University in Alfred, NY. 

Carmen L. Martínez-López

Dr. Carmen L. Martínez-López earned her Ph.D. in international business in management from the University of Texas–Pan American (renamed University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley). She is currently the Dean of the School of Business and Professional Careers at SUNY Westchester Community College. She was previously the Dean of the Division of Business, Arts, and Social Sciences at Bergen Community College.

Jillian Gonzalez Pellegrino

Mrs. Jillian Gonzalez Pellegrino has been an educator for the past 14 years, teaching English as a New Language to the next generation of students. She has experience  teaching English to students from different countries in all grade levels. She has taught English abroad in Cuba, Spain, and Ecuador. Currently, she is teaching high schoolers and looking forward to entering administration one day. 

Stephanie Reitz

Stephanie Reitz  

Kevin Jimenez

Kevin Jimenez  

Eric Breier

Eric Breier is the interim assistant director of editorial and external affairs for the University Communications office at California State University San Marcos. He writes for the university’s website, magazine and email newsletter. Before joining CSUSM, he spent two decades as a newspaper editor and reporter.  

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