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Dr. Jay Smith is a retired public school educator who has devoted most of his life to helping young children grow-up to become productive adults. Whether it was teaching students in the classroom, taking students on field trips, or coaching students how to play sports – he has always strived to teach his students to learn to work together and to take care of each other.

T. Carlos Anderson is a writer, blogger, and speaker living in Austin, Texas. He has served 30 years as a bilingual community leader with a special focus on social and economic inequalities.

Eric Mullin is a regular citizen looking to improve conditions he finds around him. He is interested in current events, health, ecology, cultures, history, and social and political workings.

Command Sergeant Major Terry L. Braddock (US Army, retired) grew up on the South Side of Chicago during the turbulent and challenging civil rights years. Parents and grandparents instilled in him strong family values and gave him the strength, love, and will to persevere. Having but not knowing what a mentor was at an early age provided the foundation for the path he was to follow.

Austin Brown is an author and third generation rancher of Brown Land & Cattle LLC, a South Texas Ranch outside of Beeville, TX.

Edward Martin Polansky Author Edward Martin Polansky is a Certified Public Accountant in San Antonio and has been in public practice for over forty years with Ernst & Young, with his own firm, and with a regional accounting firm, Weaver and Tidwell LLP. He currently is Of Counsel with Weaver and consults with individuals and businesses on tax and financial planning matters.

Denise Barkis Richter, Ph.D. (UT-Austin, 1998, Journalism), started her blog, sanantoniotourist.net, in June 2010 to share her love of the Alamo City with fellow adventurers. Thanks to her parents, she's been a traveler since she was a small child, and travel is her lifelong passion.