Guampedia Authors

Guampedia Author. James Oelke-Farley serves as a historian for War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam and American Memorial Park on Saipan. Oelke-Farley holds a BA in History from the University of Guam and is currently at work co-authoring a book (with Timothy Babalis, PhD) about the American Memorial Park in Saipan for the National Park Service.

Guampedia Author. A graduate of John F. Kennedy High School, Attorney Leevin Camacho earned a Bachelor’s degree in English literature at the University of Washington in Seattle and received his law degree from Boston University. Committed to public service, Camacho worked at the Honolulu public defender’s office, followed by a year in a “legal clinic” providing legal assistance to low-income people in Boston.

Guampedia Author. Cara Flores-Mays is a mother and small-business owner specializing in web and media production.

Guampedia Author. Eddie Leon Guerrero Benavente was a Chamorro activist leader since the early 1980s.

Guampedia Author. After receiving a BA in Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati, Laurel Monnig went on to get her MA in Cultural Anthropology.

Guampedia Author. Joshua F. Tenorio is Lieutenant Governor of Guam. He has previously Vice President of Guam Autospot, served as Administrator of the, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor in the Guam Legislature, and Legislative Assistant in the US House of Representatives.

Guampedia author and former intern. Jesi Lujan Bennett is a Master’s candidate in the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego (USCD) with a BA in Ethnic Studies and a BA in Critical Gender Studies.

Guampedia Author. Anthony Crisostomo Blaz (1958 – 2016), son of Brigida Lujan Crisostomo (Familian Bejong-Capili) and Joaquin Garrido Blaz (Familian Dero) was born and raised on Guam.

Guampedia Author. Marilyn Dina Atoigue Manibusan is an indigenous political activist whose group, PARA-PADA, led a grass roots educational campaign resulting in the a proposed constitution for Guam being turned down by voters.

Guampedia Author. Jacqueline (“Jackie”) A. Marati is the eldest of the eight children of former Speaker Joaquin C. Arriola and former Senator Elizabeth P. Arriola.