Carmen Glover is a journalist, communications consultant, and writing lecturer. She's a proud graduate of The Manning's School and Unity Primary School in Westmoreland, Jamaica; the University of Technology (UTech), in Kingston, Jamaica; and the City University of New York (CUNY). Her award-winning work has appeared in publications including the New York Daily News, New York Amsterdam News, Jamaica Gleaner, Black Enterprise, Black Elegance, and NAACP’s Crisis magazines and the annual journal produced by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).
Carmen managed the media office of the Consulate General of Jamaica in New York from 1999-2001. In her role as Press Attache, she arranged media interviews for then-Prime Minister Hon. P.J Patterson, to promote the Highway 2000 initiative. She ensured that the Consul General, Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council and visiting ministers of government received steady media coverage. She also launched the Consular Capstone, the Consulate's first newsletter, to update the Jamaican community about pertinent activities and shine a spotlight on accomplished Jamaicans living in the Diaspora.
Carmen is committed to mentoring students, linking families to resources, and closing opportunity and achievement gaps. She is a staunch diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and racial justice advocate. Carmen lives in New York City and is the mother of an adult daughter.
