David Barton Bray
David Barton Bray is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University and board member of EcoLogic Development Fund, a Cambridge, MA, NGO that works on community-based conservation in Mexico and Central America.
Naomi Mapstone
Naomi Mapstone is the Andean correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Lima, Peru. Formerly the FT’s deputy U.S. news editor, she now divides her time between Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
Tamaryn Nelson (United States)
Tamaryn Nelson is program coordinator for Latin America and the Carribbean at WITNESS, a New York-based human rights organization.
Félix Ulloa
Félix Ulloa is President of the Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos de El Salvador (IEJES) and is a former member of the Electoral Supreme Tribunal of El Salvador. He was previously the National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) Senior Country Director in Haiti and Morocco.
Norberto Loizeau and Alejandro Mashad (Argentina)
Norberto (Tito) Loizeau and Alejandro Mashad are Endeavor Argentina entrepreneurs. Endeavor is an organization dedicated to assisting high-impact entrepreneurs globally.
José Antequera Guzmán (Colombia)
José Antequera Guzmán is the founder of Hijos e hijas por la memoria y contra la impunidad, a movement in Colombia dedicated to preserving the memory of victims of political violence.
Tarkan Maner (United States)
Tarkan Maner is the CEO of Wyse Technology, a manufacturer of thin client hardware and software based in San Jose, California.
Diego Valenzuela (Chile)
Diego Valenzuela is senior vice president and general counsel at Meck, Ltd., based in Santiago, Chile.
Fondation Espoir (Haiti)
This essay was jointly produced by 10 young members of Fondation Espoir and Samuel Bernard, project director. Fondation Espoir was established in 1995 to create and manage centers or programs that promote community development.
Ezequiel Nino (Argentina)
Ezequiel Nino is co-director of Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), a nonpartisan, nonprofit, Buenos Aires-based organization dedicated to strengthening democracy in Argentina.
Steven Guilbeault (Canada)
Steven Guilbeault is a founding member of Équiterre, an environmental organization in Quebec, Canada.
Mónica Carrillo (Peru)
Mónica Carrillo is the founder and director of Centro de Estudios y Promoción Afroperuanos (LUNDU) in Lima, Peru.
Jenny Manrique
Jenny Manrique es una bloguera contribuidora para AQ Online. Ella es una periodista colombiana que ha escrito para medios como Semana, Votebien.com, El Espectador, Latinamerican Press y Folha de São Paulo. Actualmente trabaja como periodista freelance. Su cuenta de Twitter es: @JennyManriqueC.
Farragut Career Academy Debate Team (United States)
The Farragut Career Academy Debate Team is at a high school in Chicago, Ilinois.
Felix Maradiaga Blandón (Nicaragua)
Felix Maradiaga Blandón is the founder of the Instituto de Liderazgo de la Sociedad Civil in Managua, Nicaragua.
