Profiles


  • Chris Dunham

    Chris Dunham is a father, a full-time caregiver, and a member of MomsRising. He lives in Feasterville, Pennsylvania.


  • Jessica F. Simmons

    Jessica F. Simmons is a Reporter & Strategic Communications Producer for COURIER, covering community stories and public policies across the country. Featured in print, broadcast, and radio journalism, her work shows her passion for local storytelling and amplifying issues that matter to communities nationwide.


  • Thomas P. Foley

    Thomas P. Foley is the President of AICUP, the nonprofit Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. Foley is a first-generation college graduate who relied on scholarships to attend school. In his decades of experience in education and policy, Foley served as a college president and was Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Labor and Industry.


  • Ava Edwards

    Ava is an up-and-coming journalist who recently graduated from William & Mary with a degree in English. She’s written for news publications such as her school’s newspaper, The Flat Hat, and Hampton Roads’ WAVY-TV 10. As a lifelong Virginia resident, she looks forward to informing her community on the latest information and events.


  • Lucas Henkel

    Lucas Henkel is a Reporter & Strategic Communications Producer for COURIER based in mid-Michigan, covering community stories and public policies across the country. His award-winning work shows his passion for local storytelling and amplifying issues that matter to communities nationwide.



  • Carly Morton

    Thirty-year-old Carly Morton lives in Beaver, Pennsylvania, and works 20 hours a week at a Sheetz convenience store. The rest of the time, she has to attend weekly medical appointments. She has been diagnosed with two dozen conditions requiring medical attention.


  • Carter Walker, Votebeat


  • Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

    Gwen Frisbie-Fulton is a writer and organizer at Addition Project and is based out of Greensboro, North Carolina. She writes about working-class people, places, and organizing on the Substack Working Class Storytelling .


  • Lisa Abelar