“No linear paths out here people” – Julia Torres Barden ’82

Julia Torres Barden (aka, Julie Hinden, 1982): Author, Journalist, Spokesperson & Advocate

In the 40 years since Julia graduated she’s been a company spokesperson in the cable television industry and an award-winning journalist. Most recently, Julia has penned her memoir as a survivor of childhood trauma and delivered a related TEDx Talk where she shares her lived experience with PTSD and the traumatic events that caused it. As a fierce advocate for her fellow survivors and, her brethren in Puerto Rico forced to live as 2^nd class American citizens, she remains grateful for her degree from Emerson which she believes prepared her well to excel in all her endeavors.