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.

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