Shannon Sims
Shannon Sims is a journalist based in Rio de Janeiro
Sean Burges
Sean Burges is a senior lecturer in international relations with the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University
Mariana Zúñiga
Mariana Zúñiga is a freelance journalist based in Caracas.
Eric Becker
Eric Becker is a writer, translator and editor of Words Without Borders.
Ana Luelmo
Ana Luelmo is a journalist based in Guadalajara.

Emilie Sweigart
Sweigart is an editor at Americas Quarterly and a policy manager at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Steven Bodzin
Steven Bodzin is a journalist with years of experience covering the energy industry.
Naki Mendoza
Naki Mendoza is director of the energy program at AS/COA

José Ignacio Hernández
Hernández is a Constitutional and Administrative Law Professor at Venezuela’s UCV and UCAB. He’s a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, and leads research on public debt at Aurora Macro Strategies. He served as Special Attorney General of Venezuela, and writes from Boston.
Lidia Hernández-Tapia
Lidia Hernández-Tapia is a New York-based journalist
Julia Sclafani
Julia Sclafani is an editorial intern at AQ
Theresa Williamson
Dr. Theresa Williamson is an urban planner who has been working with Rio’s favela communities since 2000. She is founder and executive director of Catalytic Communities (CatComm), an empowerment, communications, think tank, and advocacy NGO founded in 2000 in support of Rio’s favelas. She is also editor-in-chief of RioOnWatch, Rio’s bilingual favela reporting news site.
Beryl Seiler
Beryl Seiler is the development and external relations coordinator at the Inter-American Dialogue.