Jamie S. Ross has worked for over thirty years writing, directing and producing documentary work on American history and culture. Most recently she was producer and co-writer of the acclaimed four-part PBS environmental history series, A History of Mountains and Peoples (www.appalachiafilm.org), selected as the Best Video of the Year by the American Library Association. For her work on the series, Ross received the Mountain Hero award from the Mountain Institute. She has been named a National Scholar by the Council on Basic Education and has served as a Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Tom Cogill is a freelance photographer, born in Hollywood, California and for the past thirty-five years a resident of Charlottesville, Virginia. His work has appeared in
US News & World Report, American Heritage, National Geographic, NG Traveler, Science, Nature, The Chronicle of Higher Education and other publications. For the past 10 years he has worked increasingly in documenting the work of individuals and foundations doing social projects in Latin America. Learn more at www.tomcogill.com.