Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa is a journalist, an educator and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. She covers the intersection of race, justice and public health. She is a former executive editor at Essence Magazine, and her essay on medical myths was included in the Pulitzer-Prize winning 1619 Project. Her 2018 NY Times Magazine article "Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis" was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. Linda is a professor at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY with a joint appointment at the City College of New York. Her book Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation was published in June 2022.