Alma Zaragoza-Petty is a Mexicana social justice advocate and scholar who teaches equity to create change. Born in Los Angeles but raised in Acapulco, Mexico, for much of her childhood, she is the daughter of immigrant parents and a first-generation high school and college graduate.
Juan C. Zarate is the global comanaging partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Intelligence Financial Integrity Network. He also is chairman and cofounder of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
José Luis Zárate Herrera is one of the most recognized and respected Mexican writers within the science fiction genre, although he has also developed literary works in other genres. His work includes The Route of Ice and Salt.
Robert Zaretsky's books include Boswell's Enlightenment, A Life Worth Living, Catherine & Diderot, and The Subversive Simone Weil. A columnist for the Jewish Daily Forward, he is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, the Times Literary Supplement, and Slate.
Julien Zarifian is professor in US history and civilization at the University of Poitiers, France, and fellow at the Institut Universitaire de France. He is the author of two books in French and has published dozens of academic articles in journals, such as Society and European Journal of American Studies.
Lindy Zart is the USA Today bestselling author of several books, including Safe and Sound, Dating Husbands, and Lily. Lindy lives in Wisconsin. Visit her at lindyzart.com.
Robin Zasio, Psy.D., LCSW, is the host of Animal Planet's series My Extreme Animal Phobia and a featured doctor on the Emmy Award–winning hit A&E series Hoarders.
Claudia Zayfert, PhD, a clinical psychologist, is an internationally renowned expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy who has worked with trauma survivors for over twenty years.
Cynthia Zayn is a public school teacher who has taught many grades from preschool to first-year college students in the United States and abroad. A graduate of Warner Southern College, she lives in the Atlanta, Georgia, area and is the mother of three teenaged children.
Victoria Zdrok, J.D., Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist who hosts The Sex Connection, a weekly radio show on the Sirius Satellite Network.