Amy S. Cramer founded Voices On The Economy (VOTE) in 2013, and has trained educators throughout the world in the VOTE curriculum and methodology. She earned her doctorate in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has served on the faculties of Trinity College, Clark University, the University of Arizona, and Pima Community College. Laura Markowitz is a National Magazine Award-winning feature writer, book editor, and multimedia producer. She is contributing producer for Arizona Public Media, co-editor of several anthologies on family systems therapy, and author of a young adult novel, Book of the Sky God.