Shanida Carter

Shanida Carter enjoys writing about culture, parenting, and travel. She is the director of marketing and communications at a Big 10 law school and teaches media writing. Previously, Shanida was an executive producer and a news producer for two decades, earning an Emmy nomination. Her bylines have appeared in the Huffington Post, USA Today, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Poughkeepsie Journal, Amsterdam News, Queens Chronicle, Quarterly Review of Books, and Reuters.

Shanida holds a B.A. in journalism from Virginia Union University, an HBCU, and an M.A. in broadcast journalism and Latin American and Caribbean studies from New York University. Additionally, she was selected as a grand marshal in the 2018 Jersey City Caribbean Carnival parade, where she proudly represented her Panamanian and Trinidadian heritage. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.