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Cindy Rodriguez is a freelance writer living in New York, her hometown.
During her 17-year career, Cindy has covered race relations and cultural affairs for The Detroit Free Press, was a columnist and blogger at The Denver Post for four years, was a staff reporter The Boston Globe six years covering several beats, the last of which was immigration and demographics, and was youth editor at The Syracuse Newspapers.
Cindy is an assistant adjunct professor of journalism at New York University and has also taught at Metropolitan State College of Denver, Boston University, Northeastern University and for three years ran the S.I. Newhouse Minority High School Journalism Program in Syracuse, NY.
She also sits on the board of Unity, Inc.: Journalists of Color.
Active in her career, Cindy is affiliated as a member of both the National Association of Black Journalists and Society of Professional Journalists. She was also Co-editor of The UNITYNews student newspaper during UNITY 2004 and UNITY 2000. She has won numerous accolades throughout her career including First Place Award for Best Serious Columnist from the Colorado Press Association, and won a New York State AP Award for column writing. She is a 2000 National Press Foundation Fellow.
Cindy received a BA in English and graduated cum laude from The City College of New York. She will start coursework towards a Master's degree in education at Fordham University in the fall of 2008.
Cindy grew up in Harlem, NYC, the daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father.
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