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Xiaoli Zhou is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and instructor at University of Chicago Laboratory Schools with a strong journalism background. As a native Chinese and a graduate of UC Berkeley...

Dr. Amina Asim is an award-winning media analyst, data scientist, writer and producer. She is an expert in the field of transnational media strategy and digital storytelling. She has a Ph.D. from...

Andrew W. Lehren is a senior editor on the NBC News investigations team. He has reported on the pandemic and economic relief efforts, and led work on five International Consortium of Investigative...

March 5, 2021

Called a "gifted storyteller and deep thinker" by The New York Times, Steven Johnson is a leading authority on innovation, whose books, podcasts, and television series have explored the stories of...

Linda Villarosa is a journalist, author, editor, novelist and educator. She is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and health. Most recently she...

Phineas Rueckert is an investigative reporter at Forbidden Stories. He previously led the education beat at Global Citizen and has covered criminal justice in Queens, New York.

Marni Lennon is the assistant dean for public interest and pro bono and a lecturer of law. She is the founder and director of the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, and has worked and taught at the...

Danielle Villasana is a photojournalist based in her hometown of Houston, Texas, focusing on human rights, gender, displacement, and health throughout the Americas. She’s the 2022 Alexia Grant...

Ariana Aboulafia is an attorney who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law with a concentration in social justice and public interest in 2020. She has a bachelor’s in...

Bradford Ellison is a student at Howard University School of Law. Prior to law school, he attended Duke University, where he studied cultural anthropology and public policy, and worked on workforce...

Anastasia Pierik is a second-year law student at the University of Miami. In 2019, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a degree in society and environment...

Maria Nasir is a student contributor to The 1619 Project Law School Initiative. She is currently in her last year pursuing her J.D. degree at Howard University School of Law. She hopes to focus her...