About Me
- Food for Thought
- Carmen Cusido, 25, is a lifelong Union City resident. Cusido graduated from Union Hill High School in 2001 and from Rutgers University (Rutgers College) in 2005 with honors and a degree in journalism and political science. She is a part-time reporter at The Times of Trenton, and is receiving her Master of Science at Columbia School of Journalism. Cusido has worked for DiversityInc, freelanced for The Star-Ledger and interned at Rutgers magazine and at The Jersey Journal. She also worked as a reporter for the Gannett-owned Home News Tribune, contributing to its now-defunct Spanish weekly paper, Nuestra Communidad and the quarterly magazine DesiNJ. In her spare time, Cusido has volunteered with the American Diabetes Association through their “Por tu Familia” initiative, targeting Latinos at risk for diabetes, and those who already have the disease. Cusido was recently was elected secretary of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Northern New Jersey chapter. In addition, she is a Class of 2004 alumna of the NEW Leadership, a five-day long intensive summer program through the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers.