Thank You!
As we look back on the past 15+ years of our work, we would like to acknowledge the huge network of talented, thoughtful people who have helped us create the VOW oral history book series and share these important stories.
Thanks to all of the editors, assistant editors, researchers, interviewers, transcribers, translators, grant writers, photographers, and designers who have committed their time to the Voice of Witness book series, in many cases in a volunteer capacity. Our books would not be possible without their tireless dedication.
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Editors
Ricia Anne Chansky, Marci Denesiuk
Editorial Consultant and Project Collaborator
Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas
Student Interviewers, Transcribers, and Translators
Marco A. Acosta León, Julianna M. Canabal Rodríguez, Alexandra Thaís Colón Rodríguez, Brenda Y. Flores Santiago, José A. Fuentes Bonilla, Daniela Isabel Mulero Morales, Andrea Isabel Ramírez Figueroa, Bryan Ramos Romero
Additional Transcribers
Barbara Beroza, Charles Bowles, Rachel Carle, Julie Chinitz, Willa Rae Culpepper, Molly Hawkins, Kaye Herranen, Ari Kim, Hannah Kramm, Josh Manson, Brenna Miller, Margaret O’Hare, Mai Serhan, Barbara Sheffels, Phoebe Ying Lok Stallabrass, Eliana Swerdlow, Marcella Villaça, Madison Wright, Amber Yearwood
Additional Research
Rebecca McCarthy, Carmen Merport
Curriculum Specialist
Zaira Arvelo Alicea
Fact-Checking
Reading List Editorial, readinglisteditorial.com
Copyeditor
Brian Baughan
How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous America
Editor
Sara Sinclair
Transcribers
Maryam Bledsoe, Charles Bowles, Rachel Carle, Julie Chintz, Basil Fraysse, Christ Hart, Molly Hawkins, Kaye Herranen, Mary Kearney-Brown, Ari Kim, Isabelle Lyndon, Josh Manson, Brenna Miller, Margaret O’Hare, Teresa Pangollozzi, Philip Reid, Mai Serhan, Barbara Sheffels, Madison Wright, Marcella Villaça
Contextual Essay Research and Writing
Roxanne Gooding Silverwood
Additional Research
Carmen Bolt, Eliana Rose Swerdlow, Lael Tate
Curriculum Specialist
Suzanne Methot
Fact-Checking
Reading List Editorial, readinglisteditorial.com
Copyeditor
Brian Baughan
Solita, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America
Editors
Steven Mayers, Jonathan Freedman
Additional Interviewers
Oscar Garcia, Alberto Reyes Morgan
Transcribers and Translators
Anna Aleshire, Siuzanna Arutiunova, Ara Avedian, Mauro Javier Cardenas, Ruthie Cartwright, Katie Fiegenbaum, Jimmy Gonzalez, Lisa Hoffman, Gina Krawiec, Ana Claudia Lopes, Maria Maione, Cindie Meyer, Alberto Reyes Morgan, Marisela Musgrove, Kevin Ramirez, Laura Schroder, Janey Skinner, Morena Urutia, Miguel Wise
Research Assistance
Maria Maione, Cindie Meyer, Miguel Wise
Fact-Checking
Reading List Editorial, readinglisteditorial.com
Copyeditor
Brian Baughan
Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary
Editors
Taylor Pendergrass, Mateo Hoke
Additional Interviewers
Sameer Jaywant, Steven Lance, Hope Metcalf
Transcribers
Victoria Alexander, Pablo Baeza, Corey Barr, Emma Cogan, Brittany Collins, Charlotte Edelstein, Katie Fiegenbaum, Justine Hall, Miriam Hwang-Carlos, Mary Beth Melso, Ariela Rosa, Barbara Sheffels, Annie Stine, Paul Skenazy, Lucy Wallitsch
Research Editor
Annie Stine
Research Assistance
Charlotte Edelstein, Kaye Herranen, Miriam Hwang-Carlos, Joe Stephens
Fact-Checking
Hannah Murphy
Copyeditor
Brian Baughan
Lavil: Life, Love, and Death in Port-Au-Prince
Editors
Peter Orner and Evan Lyon
Senior Associate Editor
Laura Lampton Scott
Port-Au- Prince Coordinator and Interviewer
Jean Pierre Marseille
Arts and Culture Editor
Katie Kane
Legal Editor
Douglas Ford
Diaspora Editor
Sarah Broderick
Associate Editor
Yukiko Tominaga
Advisory Editors
Audrey Petty and Sandra Hernandez
Assistant Editors
Kris V. Bernard, Zoey Farber, Doug Ford, Yael Goldstein, Joshua A. H. Harris, Julia Helaine, David Hill, Jessica Hsu, Gloria Schoofs Jorgensen, Megan Kruse, Deirdre Lockwood, Edward Louiseau, Annie McDonough, Loria Mendoza, Don Menn, Dylan Mohr, Andrew Gavin Murphy, Bleriana Myf Tiu, Jean Pierremont, Fernando Pujals, Dolly Sloan Reynolds, Kate Rutledge Jaffe, Noa Silver, Nicole Simpkins, Brittany Smail, Christine Texeira, Emma Törzs, Dolly Sloan Reynolds, Steve Wilson, Jason Wimbish, Claire Woodard, Justin Z. Wyckoff, Chris Yun
Translators
Paul Domínguez Hernández, Martine Fleurius, Marvens Joseph, Gasline Laguere, Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Transcribers
Jean Bertelsen, Peter Endicott, Josh Fomon, Beth Gibson, Kaye Herranen, Lauren Loftis, Becky Margolis, Naoki O’Bryan, Inge Oosterhof, Ariela Rosa, William Sef Ton, Shannon Smith, Valerie Snow, Matthew Spencer, Mary Thompson, Samuel Warren, Kaziah White, Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Research Editors
Leilani Douglas and Sarah Wesseler
Research Assistants
Peter Endicott, Arianna Kandell, Katherine Price, Samuel Warren
Copyeditor
Jeffrey Klein
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture
Editor
Gabriel Thompson
Assistant Editor
Alberto Reyes Morgan
Translators
Pablo Baeza, Haley Conger, Paul Domínguez Hernández, Sandra Garduno, Artemio Guerra, Miriam Hwang-Carlos, Maria Mendez, Alberto Reyes Morgan, Laura Schroeder, Barbara Sheffels, Federico Varela
Transcribers
Charlotte Edelstein, Katie Fiegenbaum, Annie Stine
Research Editor
Annie Stine
Research Assistants
Charlotte Edelstein, Mary Beth Melso
Copyeditor
Mark Wilson
Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation
Editors
Cate Malek And Mateo Hoke
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Creative Assistant
Timothy Faust
Additional Interviewers
Abeer Ayyoub, Jenny Baboun
Transcribers
Alessandra Bautista, Kylie Byrd, Tyler Doyle, Marie Duffin, Louisa Dunnigan, Kerry Folan, Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Ruby Goldberg, Will Gray, Kaye Herranen, Maggie Huang, Maria Lattanzi, Jessica Mchugh, Cayla Mihalovich, Joey Nargizian, Naoki O’bryan, Soraya Okuda, Ann Reading, Alexis Sattler, Abigail Schott-Rosenfield, Valerie Snow, Rosanna Stevens, Ilaria Sabina Varriale, Sally Weathers, Keziah Weir
Translators
Amjad Alawi, Iyad Ali, Abeer Ayyoub, Jenny Baboun, George Ghantous, Wassim Ghantous, Nidal Hatim
Copy Editor
Victoria Alexander
Fact Checker
Hannah Murphy
Proofreaders
Ariela Rosa, Will Sefton, Shannon Smith, Kaziah White
Additional Assistance
Kylie Byrd, Kerry Folan, Kaye Herranen, Maria Lattanzi, Naoki O’Bryan
Invisible Hands: Voices from the Global Economy
Editor
Corinne Goria
Assistant Editors
Delmi Arriaza, Joan Flores, Ryan Forsythe, Francois Guidon, David Hill, Aaron Mcmullin, Luipa Mondoka, Alberto Reyes Morgan, Marcy Rein, Raymundo Sandoval, Gabriel Thompson, Nathan Weller
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Additional Interviewers
Brandon Lussier, Cliff Mayotte, Uzbek–German Forum For Human Rights
Transcribers
Charlotte Crowe, Brendan Daly, Yannic Dosenbach, Ariadna Fernandez, Carmen Gonzales, Jill Haberkern, Victoria Havlicek, Phil Hoover, Kate Irick, Rachel Kobasa, Nate Mayer, Magnolia Molcan, Sophie Nunberg, Naoki O’bryan, Sam Riley, Rebecca Rubenstein, Zack Ruskin, Lisa Schreter, Sarah Ann Marie Shephard, Em-J Staples
Translators
Stephanie Casler, Natalie Catasús, Chan Sze Wan Debby,Cheng Yi Yi Debby, Katrina Kovaleva, Edgar Quezada, Riki Garcia Rebel, Lisa Schreter, Daniella Ureta-Spontak, Valerie Woolard,
Copy Editor
Anne Horowitz
Fact Checker
Hannah Murphy
Proofreaders
Natalie Catasús, Kerry Folan, Natasha Friedman, Kaye Herranen
Additional Assistance
Brendan Daly, Michael Galvis, Naoki O’Bryan, Gabriel Urias
High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing
Editor
Audrey Petty
Assistant Editor
Crystal Thomas
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Advising Editor
Peter Orner
Additional Interviewers
Michael Burns, Shavahn Dorris-Jefferson, Joyce Lee, Jill Petty, Eric Tanyavutti, Crystal Thomas, Ava Zeligson
Transcribers
Ly Anne Alfaro, Giovan Alonzi, Charlotte Crowe, Nick Deboer, Ian Delaney, Yannic Dosenbach, Saundra Dougherty, Hannah Doyle, Azra Halilovic, Nathaniel Lash, Megan Roberts, Ann Szekely, Ted Trautman, and Paul Garton, Inc.
Copy Editor
Anne McPeak
Fact Checker
Peter Stepek
Proofreaders
Trevor Scott Barton, Marie Duffin, Krystal Reneé Miller, Valerie Snow, Sally Weathers
Additional Assistance
Lauren Heinz, Naoki O’bryan, Jill Petty, Fernando Pujals, Tiana Pyer‑Pereira, Adam Soto
Editors
Juliet Linderman and Gabriele Stabile
Translators
Mo, Ann Githinji, Do Lian Zam, And Raj Pandey Chhetri
Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence
Editors
Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Appendix Essay Writers
Nadja Drost, Adam Isacson
Transcribers
Mauro Javier Cardenas, Abner Morales, Amanda Palomares, Alberto Reyes, Nydia Serrano, and The Transcript Co-Op
Copyeditor
Megan Roberts
Fact Checker
María Fernanda Ramírez
Additional Assistance
Kylie Byrd, Naoki O’Bryan, Ann Reading, Angelene Smith
Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons
Editors
Robin Levi and Ayelet Waldman
Associate Editor
Rebecca Silbert
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Assistant Research Editor
Jessie Hawk
Assistant Editors
Oona App El, Johanna Foster, Claire Kiefer, Danielle Lang, Juliet Litman, Caitlin Mitchell, Susan Moon, M. Rebekah Otto, Brian Rutledge, Whitney Smith, Marbre Stahly-Butts, Tonya Young
Transcribers
Abigail Edber, Sandi Gaytan, Vanessa Ing, Bridget Kinsella, Thi Nguyen, Elizabeth Soutter
Additional Interviewers
Gillian Cannon, Abigail Edber, Valencia Herrera
Researchers/General Assistance
Alexandra Brodsky, Sandi Gaytan, Vanessa Ing, Michelle Knapp, Thi Nguyen, Gelyna Price
Copyeditor
Oriana Leckert
Fact Checker
Angelene Smith
Nowhere To Be Home: Narratives from Survivors of Burma’s Military Regime
Editors
Maggie Lemere And Zoë West
Associate Editor
K’pru Taw
Assistant Editors
Emily Hong, Debbie Landis, Thelma Young, Cindy Choung
Additional Assistance
Soe Lin Aung, Sai Zom Hseng, Kirk Acevedo, Salai Cung Cung, Aung Aung Oo, Tobey Ward, William Lloyd George
Research Editor
Michael Haack
Assistant Research Editor
Arianna Kandell
Interpreters
Mohammed Hannan, Ashin Sopaka, Naw San, Than Soe Hlaing, Po Po, Win Win, Ko Phyo, Min Ye Tun
Transcribers
Krisandra Adams, Tominda Adkins, Heather Apodaca, Natasha Brinsden, Nick Chambers, Amita Chollate, Elizabeth Clark, Adam Cook, Nick De Boer, Hanna Edber, Brett Ferrara, Cindy Garza, Elizabeth Goode, Jay Grewal, Jennifer Hoguet, Teresa Iacobelli, Elizabeth Jewett, Henry Jones, David Lafon, Jennifer Lee, Kristen Mirenda, Meghan Moran, Moses Namkung, Annie Nguyen, Lindsey Pinkham, Nadia Prupis, Blair Rainsford, Sara Riegler, Brian Rutledge, Jacqui Shine, Meera Sinha, Joanna Steinhardt, Jamie Stevenson, Katie Sticca, Scott Underwood, Jon Vandenberg, Meredith Watkins, Kika Westhof
Research
Michael Sudmeier, Annie Hewitt, Alissa Valles, S.P. Sullivan, Brandon Henander, Nichole Faina, James Meisenheimer
Proofreaders
Ben Shattuck, Mike Valente, Valerie Woolard, Anna Noyes, Rebecca Powers, Mackenzie Beer
Copy Editor
Oriana Leckert
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice
Editor
Alia Malek
Associate Editors
Dalia Hashad, Valarie Kaur, Shirley Velasquez, Bruce Wallace
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Assistant Research Editor
Dahlia Petrus
Additional Assistance
Jill Haberkern, Sana Malik, Mike Valente, Valerie Woolard
Additional Interviewers
Sarah Elahi, Dalia Hashad, Annie Holmes, Valarie Kaur, Dani Mcclain, Shirley Velasquez, Bruce Wallace
Transcribers
Yara Badday, Kristin Bebelaar, Alex Colburn, Nick Deboer, Jacob Furr, Christina Furr, Anna Noyes, Sabrina Ramos, Marc Sutton, Matt Tedford, Mike Valente, Valerie Woolard
Proofreaders
Mike Valente, Valerie Woolard
Copy Editor
Oriana Leckert
Fact Checker
Angelene Smith
Research Assistant
Dahlia Petrus
Development Advisor
Wajahat Ali
Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives
Editors
Peter Orner and Annie Holmes
Associate Editors
Aurora Brackett, Joseph Chikowero, Doug Ford, Beautie Masvaure
Assistant Editors
Natalie Baszile, Th Emba Butao, Giyani Dube, Alex Gordon, Kate Rutledge Jaffe, John Knight, Becca Leaphart, M.H., Theodore Mcdermott, Sara Marinelli, Dylan Mohr, Brian Ngwenya, Kate Reeler, Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Laura Lampton Scott, Jane Shepherd, Tucker Slosburg
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Transcribers
Gabrielle Chiarenza, Joseph Chikowero, Kelly Connelly, Hannah Edber, Dominique Farrell, Teresa Iacobelli, Elizabeth Jewett, Esther Lam, Meghan Moran, Lindsay Pinkham, Nadia Prupis, Blair Rainsford, Kate Reeler, Brian Rutledge, Claire Sarraille, Laura Scott, Kizzie Shawkat, Meera Sinha, Jon Vandenberg
Proofreaders
Joseph Sunra Copeland, Jill Haberkern, John Knight, Ben Shattuck,Valerie Woolard
Copy Editor
Oriana Leckert
Research
Meritt Buyer, Jamie Falinski, Joanna Green, Kristina Kearns, Yumi Wilson
Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan
Editor
Craig Walzer
Additional Interviews
Rebecca Hansen
Transcribers
Teresa Cotsirilos, Kristen Fergot, Lara Fox, Sam Cate-Gumpert, Teresa Iacobelli, Amy Jacobowitz, Jennifer King, Adam Krefman, Rachel Meresman, Thomas Neeley, Gwendolyn Roberts, Maddy Russell-Shapiro, Selena Simmons-Dufin, Alyssa Varner, Graham Weatherly, Wyatt Williams
Interpreters
Mohammed Salah Ali, Reham Hussain, Akram Osman
Proofreaders
Sandra Allen, Zach Alcerro, Théophile Sersiron
Copy Editors
Carol Reed, Oriana Leckert
Research
Christopher Benz, Megan Borsuk, Alexandra Brown, Mary Dain, John Farley, Darren Franich, Drew Gilmour, Erica King, Adam Krefman, Greg Larson, Sharareh Lotfi, Susie Pitzen, Zoe Quittner, Peter Rednour, Jacob Rothing, Selena Simmons-Dufin, Graham Weatherly, Matthew Werner, Jay Whiteside, Michael Zelenko
Research Editor
Alex Carp
Other
Brian McMullen, Jordan Bass, Eli Horowitz, Eliana Stein
Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives
Editor
Peter Orner
Associate Editors
Annie Holmes, Jaykumar Menon
Assistant Editors
Tom Andes, Polly Bresnik, Corinne Goria, Sandra Hernandez, David William Hill, Joell Hallowell, Alex Gordon, Mimi Lok, Agustin Mayes, Dantia Macdonald, A. Nicole Stewart, Aileen S. Yoo
Interviewers
Tom Andes, Neelanja Na Ba Nerjee, Doug Ford, Corinne Goria, Joell Hallowell, Sandra Hernandez, David William Hill, Annie Holmes, Mimi Lok, Micheline Marcom, Elizabeth Mcgrail, Ediee Mediav, Jaykumar Menon, Nick Reggiacorte, Alberto Reyes, Irum Sh Iekh, A. Nicole Stewart, Deborah Rae Turner, Corrin Williams, Yumi Wilson, Aileen S. Yoo
Additional Interviewers
Anisse Gross, Will Pritikin, Stacey Tomkins, Andrew Touhy
Transcribers
Justin Carder, Matt Carney, Jennifer King, Rachel Meresman, Jeff Porter, Selena Simmons-Dufin, Leanne Vanderbyl, Wyatt Williams, Miranda Yaver
Translators
Polly Bresnik, Paulette Chow, Patsy Kng, Angie Kirk, Carmen Letona, Alberto Reyes Morgan, Miguel Trelles
Proofreaders
Elisa Bonesteel, John Farley, Drew Gilmour, Adam Krefman
Copy Editor
Georgia Cool
Research
Chris Benz, Alexandra Brown, Darren Franich
Fact Checker
Alex Carp
Other
Jordan Bass, Eli Horowitz
Legal Advisor
Doug Ford
Development Advisor
Dantia Macdonald
Voices from the Storm: The People of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath
Editors
Lola Vollen and Chris Ying
Interviewers
Stacy Parker Aab, Mary Beth Black, Colin Dabkowski, Billy Sothern, Andy Young
Additional Material
Dana Leventhal, Claire Smith, Mary Ann Pendino, Sharon Ferranti
General Assistance
Noa Bar, Momo Chang, Miles Clark, Earl Downing, Kelly Dunleavy, Eric Falcao, Jim Fingal, Susan Fridy, Courtney Jones, Amanda Hurtado, Rachel K. Hong, Patrick Knowles, Steven Leckart, Julie Limbaugh, Matt Mengarelli, Julia Meuse, Jared Moore, Angela Petrella, Bernice Santiago, Brian Short, Tavia Stewart, John Thayer, Rebecca Turnbull, Todd Von Ammon, Michael Patrick Welch, Andy Werner, Jami Witek
Copy Editor
Darren Reidy
Other
Eli Horowitz, Andrew Leland, Jordan Bass
Research
Dave Levin, Sam Weiss, Dan Sanders
Surviving Justice: America’s Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
Editors
Lola Vollen and Dave Eggers
Managing Editor
Colin Dabkowski
Production Manager
Chris Ying
Associate Editors
Noria Jablonski, Amy Johnson, Marc Herman, Michael Mccarrin, Steve Sander, Sarah Stewart Taylor
Interviewers
Neil Herman, Leonie Sherman, Sarah Wiener-Boone, Colin Dabkowski, Jonathon Jones, Michael Chandler, Krista Mahr, Arwen Curry, Jori Lewis, Traci Curry, Ella Mcpherson, Rebecca Goldman, Khushbu Shah, Nicole Hill, Anna Sussman
Additional Reporting
Dominic Luxford, Alex Carp, Candace Chen, James Barmann, Chris Ying, Jordan Bass, Emily Taguchi Kligensmith
Proofreaders
Aimée Macpherson, Otto Saumarez-Smith
Copy Editor
Libby Stephens, Sarah Manguso
Other
Dave Levin, Natalie Davis, George Slavik, Alvaro Villanueva, Brian Mcmullen, Jordan Bass, Andrew Leland, Eli Horowitz
