Dr. Regina A. Bernard-Carreño was born and raised in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. She is a graduating pioneer of the MA in African American Studies at Columbia University and also holds several other graduate degrees, including a PhD from CUNY’s Graduate and University Center. Dr. Bernard-Carreño’s research focuses on race, class, food inequalities, narratives of women of color's wellness, and engaged activism among NYC's youth. She is the author of three books on education, young women of color and feminism, and Black Studies. She has also published articles in the Journal of Pan African Studies, Small Farms Quarterly, Breathe Magazine UK, Inside Higher Education, and Audubon Magazine, among other publications.

Dr. Bernard- Carreño joined CUNY SPS from Baruch College in 2021 and helped to build the online BA in Youth Studies degree. She is now the Academic Director for Sociology, Human Relations and Immigration Law.

Currently, Dr. Bernard-Carreño is at work on a new scholarly project about women of color and wellness.