Patricia Covo Johnson was born in Mexico City where she lived until moving to Houston in 1973.  She earned a BA in art history from the University of California, Santa…

Dr. Eduardo Alemán is an associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Houston. He specializes in the comparative analysis of political institutions and Latin American…

Donna De Cesare is an award-winning journalist and photographer who has lived in Central America and an associate professor, University of Texas school of journalism and media. Through her books…

Dr. John Booth is considered a foremost authority on Central America and has co-authored the two most recent editions of Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change (Boulder, CO:…

Alejandro Chaoul is a teacher and practitioner of Tibetan yoga and mind-body techniques. He is the founding director of the Jung Center's Mind Body Center Institute an assistant professor, and…

Martha Serpas is a poet, a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, an advocate for wetland preservation, and a hospital chaplain. Since 2006, she has…

Dr. Billy Cohn is a cardiovascular surgeon best known for his role in the development of a continuous-flow artificial heart pump. An inventor and innovator, Dr. Cohn holds numerous patents…

Dr. M. Cristina Ivan is an adult psychiatrist, trained at Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Houston, TX.  Before becoming a psychiatrist, she trained in…

A long distance runner, Rebecca Trahan dismissed her heart symptoms until a visit to her doctor revealed she had suffered a spontaneous dissection of her left main coronary artery, necessitating…

One of the self-described "co-hearts" of Women Heart Houston (with Rebecca Trahan,) Lisa Bundick Hulick was a fifty year-old wife and mother when she experienced sudden cardiac death in 2011.…