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Carmen Cusido

Carmen Cusido has worked for MikeWorldWide Public Relations, the New Jersey Department of Education, Twitter, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and others.

During her time on the editorial team at Twitter Moments, she taught journalism at Kean and Rutgers universities and Hudson County Community College. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Oprah Daily, Refinery29, Remezcla, NBC News, CNN, NPR, Cosmopolitan, New Jersey Monthly, NRDC, and other publications.

Cusido also has written about U.S-Cuba relations and her recovery from anorexia and has been interviewed by ABC News, The Guardian, The Star-Ledger, amNewYork, and Univision. Her book, "Coping with Eating Disorders," geared toward a young-adult audience, was published in January 2019. She was also featured in Jean Chatzky's 2019 book titled "Women with Money."

In addition to her full-time job and freelance writing, Cusido co-teaches a bilingual journalism course at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and has taught communications and journalism courses at Kean and Rutgers universities and Hudson County Community College.

Cusido earned a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in Journalism with minors in Spanish and political science from Rutgers University. Additionally, Cusido participated in the Yale Writers' Workshop in 2018 and earned an executive education certificate through Harvard Business School in 2021.

Hispanic Kitchen • 16th March 2023

How To Make Traditional Cuban Meals Healthier and Lose Weight the Right Way

During my lifetime, I’ve gone from a dangerously anorexic teen, where I was intubated and hospitalized for a whole year in the late 90s, to borderline hypertensive and obese in the last few years. In my 30s, I’ve overcompensated for years of self-starvation by overindulging in sweets (my downfall) and calorie-packed Cuban meals. But in the past three months, I’ve shed 20 pounds while still eating delicious (albeit healthier) meals. Last November, I joined my gym’s 10-week transformation chall

Reconnecting With My Cuban Roots Through a Roast Pork Recipe

Tia Carmen, my namesake great-aunt, was twirling me around the living room. We danced to a mixture of Cuban icons like Celia Cruz and Gloria Estefan on the record player between classic Christmas songs sung in Spanish. It was the elder Carmen’s job, along with her husband Enrique, to keep me away from the kitchen so my parents and grandmother could cook and clean efficiently. A few feet away, my live-in maternal grandmother, whom I called Mamá since I learned to speak, was quickly stirring the