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Dr. Gabriel Andrade was born and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He received a Ph.D. from University of Zulia (Venezuela). He currently teaches Ethics and Behavioral Science at St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine (Cayman Islands). He previously taught at Xavier University School of Medicine (Aruba), College of the Marshall Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands) and University of Zulia (Venezuela). He has published some academic ar ticles in English, and many books in Spanish.

Izhar Cohen was born in Raanana, Israel. He studied at the Bezalel academy of art in Jerusalem, the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. His work has been published in The Sunday Times, The Times, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, Reader’s Digest, Prospects, The Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He regularly illustrated Michael Shermer’s column Skeptic in Scientific American. Throughout the years he taught in academia in Israel and Paris, exhibited one man shows, illustrated books and pursued his personal creative work. He and his family currently reside in Tel Aviv.

His work can be found at https://izharcohen.com/.

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