Nefertiti Austin

Author and memoirist, Nefertiti Austin writes about the erasure of diverse voices in motherhood in the critically acclaimed Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America. Her work around this topic has appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", “The Nation”, “Gen Medium”, and many other online, digital and print publications. She has appeared on numerous shows/podcasts and radio programs, including "The Today Show", "1A with Joshua Johnson", local and national NPR programs.

Nefertiti is the proud adoptive mother of two children and lives in Los Angeles, California.

Nefertiti Austin
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