Linda Villarosa

Linda Villarosa (she/her) is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, where she covers race and public health, and a former executive editor at Essence magazine. She is a contributor to the books Black Futures, edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, and The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. Her forthcoming book Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation will be published by Doubleday in June 2022. Linda is a graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she is a journalist in residence and associate professor. She also teaches journalism and Black studies at the City College of New York.