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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One in six newly married Americans has spouse of different race or ethnicity

In the nearly half century since the landmark Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia made it possible for couples of different races and ethnicities to marry, such unions have increased fivefold among newlyweds, according to a new report. In 2015, 17 percent, or one in six newlyweds, had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity compared with only 3 percent in 1967, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday. "More broadly, one-in-10 married people in 2015 — not just those
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'A hidden gem': Nebraska Latinos tout its rich history and diversity

OMAHA, Nebraska — When state Senator Tony Vargas moved with his future wife to Nebraska from New York City in 2012, he was surprised at the diversity in Omaha, the state's largest city. “It’s a hidden gem here — we have a confluence of identities that people don’t usually think of when they come to Nebraska," said Vargas, 32, the son of Peruvian immigrants. "South Omaha in particular has had a rich immigrant experience. It’s not just Latinos, but Irish, Polish and Italian-Americans who have set
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For This Latino Family, Civic Engagement Crosses Multiple Generations

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. It’s not enough for Olma Echeverri and her husband Germán De Castro to exercise their right to vote. The longtime Colombian-American Democrats from Charlotte, North Carolina, have inspired their children and grandchildren to become civically active as well: bringing them to debates and rallies for local, state and national elected officials for two decades. Echeverri and De Castro will
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Inspiring Memoirs Tell Journey From Child Farm Worker to Academic

As a child migrant worker in the 1940s and 50s, Francisco Jiménez would spend 12 hours a day, seven days a week in the California fields, missing the first two months of school every year to help his parents during the harvest season. Decades later, this renowned scholar and professor would be chronicling his inspiring journey, highlighting that despite difficulties, education is a path forward. Jiménez has shared his family’s life and struggles in four award-winning memoirs aimed at young read
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Meet These Latino Vegan Restaurateurs

NEW YORK, NY -- Radha Ugo, 30, has never eaten meat in his life and never will. Ugo, a Manhattan resident who was born in Peru to an Argentinian father and a Uruguayan mother, said his parents had already embraced a vegetarian lifestyle before he was born. “I do my best not to cause harm and suffering to other living creatures,” Ugo said. “When it’s in front of your plate and put in a cute sandwich with cheese and lettuce, it looks harmless. … But this animal died so it could sit in your sandw
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Voices: My Cuban Uncle Diagnosed My Eating Disorder Over The Phone

I was born in New Jersey to Cuban parents whose families had left their beloved homeland for political reasons, and they were still very much culturally Cuban. Pork was a staple dinner item at our house, and we spent at least one month in Miami during the summers visiting with other exiled families who would talk about the lack of food, opportunities and freedom back in Cuba. I came from a lower-income household, but food was always abundant in our home. My path to anorexia started with a diet