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April 23-25, 2027
Annamarie Simoldoni is a journalist and researcher based in South Florida. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Editing, Writing, and Media. While a student, she joined the Society for Collegiate Journalists and worked as a staff writer for Strike magazine. She is currently working with the News Watch to research environmental policy […]
Ronald Gruner is the author of We The Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century, which discusses a century of presidents from Warren G. Harding to Donald J. Trump, and how their presidencies have contributed to what America is today. A first-time author, Gruner wrote the non-partisan We The Presidents to help Americans better […]
Kim Bradley grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, and studied journalism at Auburn University. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of New Orleans. Her short-story collection, Spillway, was published by Stephen F Austin State University Press in March 2022. Her short fiction has also appeared in Natural Bridge, Bayou, Southern Indiana Review, Real South Magazine, Needle: A […]
Noemí Figueroa Soulet was born in Puerto Rico but raised in New York City and currently resides in Kissimmee, Florida. She wrote, directed and produced the PBS documentary film “The Borinqueneers,” about the history of the only Hispanic-segregated unit in Army history. The film won the Military Channel Award at the GI Film Festival and […]
Gunhild Carling is a world-famous musician, singer, songwriter and entertainer, with millions of views on the Internet. She sings and plays more than ten instruments, including the trumpet, trombone, bagpipes, harp, harmonica, recorder and ukulele, and has appeared with big bands, symphonies, chamber orchestras and more. She began playing at the age of seven with the […]