Wendy L. Wilson is an award-winning journalist with more than two decades of editorial experience. She is a senior editor at T Brand Studio, the branded content division of The New York Times Advertising, and previously served as executive editor at BET Digital, leading editorial strategy and content production. Her career also includes managing editor roles at theGrio.com, Ebony and Jet magazines, and news editor positions at Essence magazine and Essence.com.
Wilson has interviewed leaders and cultural icons including former first lady Michelle Obama and the late Maya Angelou. A graduate of Skidmore College and New York University, she serves as an alumni trustee on Skidmore’s Board of Trustees. Her writing has appeared in Reader’s Digest, Family Circle, and a host of other outlets. She also contributed to the anthology He Never Came Home: Interviews, Stories, and Essays from Daughters on Life Without Their Fathers.