Zerlina Maxwell


Zerlina Maxwell is an American political analyst, commentator, speaker, and writer. She writes and speaks about culture, gender inequity, sexual consent, racism, and similar topics. She is a survivor of sexual assault and describes herself as a survivor activist.
Maxwell has appeared frequently on CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC as a commentator and has written for The Washington Post, Jet, The American Prospect, Black Enterprise, CNN.com, The Huffington Post, Salon, and Ebony. Her Twitter account was named by The New York Times as "A Twitter Voice to Follow" in 2012, as one of "Salon’s Twitter 50" in 2012, and one of TIMEs 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014. The Cut magazine's Kaitlin Menza said that Maxwell as "has built a career around expressing her political opinions with wit and intelligence."

Early Life

Zerlina Maxwell is from the United States.. She is African American.. Maxwell comes from an academic family. Her father is a retired microbiologist and professor from Norfolk State University.. and her mother Yvette Maxwell has also earned a Ph.D. Her parents are both pastors. Maxwell has one sister. Maxwell holds a J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.

Life Encounter

Maxwell reported that she was sexually assaulted by a roommate's boyfriend. The incident took place in her dorm room when she was a college student. Maxwell expressed concerns about support she received from the university when she reported the incident.

Career

Maxwell worked as a field organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, and was director of Progressive Media for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign. She is now director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM, and hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM, Signal Boost. In September 2017, Maxwell interviewed Hillary Clinton for a SiriusXM Progress Town Hall.