Conversations in Leadership – Maria Hinojosa

The Conversations in Leadership Series presents marquee events showcasing distinguished leaders who have reached the pinnacle of their fields, offering profound insights and transformative perspectives on leadership.

As the first Latina reporter for NPR, Maria Hinojosa was among the first to report on youth violence in urban communities on a national scale. During her eight years as CNN’s urban affairs correspondent, Hinojosa often took viewers into communities rarely shown on television. In 2010, Hinojosa founded Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit newsroom with the mission to create multimedia content focused on the complexity of an increasingly diverse country and world.

As the anchor and executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, and as a contributor to MSNBC, Hinojosa has informed millions of listeners about the changing cultural and political landscape in America and abroad. Maria recently received an Imagen Award and a Peabody Award Nomination for the Futuro Investigates/Frontline documentary After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics. She is the author of four books, most recently a young readers' edition of her critically acclaimed memoir, Once I Was You.

With over 30 years in front of the camera and microphone, Maria Hinojosa has
shaped conversations on culture and politics for millions as anchor and executive
producer of the Peabody Award-winning Latino USA and frequent contributor on
MSNBC. Maria is also an author and has earned nearly every accolade, including
the Pulitzer Prize and the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award, for
her commitment to journalistic excellence

Linda Villarosa is a journalist, an educator and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. She covers the intersection of health and medicine and social justice. She is a journalist in residence and professor at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY and teaches journalism, medicine and Black Studies at the City College of New York. Her book Under the Skin was published in June 2022. Linda is writing a biography of the poet, playwright and novelist Ntozake Shange to be published by Storehouse Voices, a new division of Penguin Random House.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership