Margarita Lila Rosa is a historian, curator, and producer specializing in Afro-Latinx, Latinx, and Black Atlantic history and contemporary art.

Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa was born in Tenares, Dominican Republic, in 1993. Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Rosa received her B.A from Rutgers University, and her Ph. D from Princeton University. From 2021-2023, Dr. Rosa was a Lecturer and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, where she teaches courses on gender and rebellion in the Black Atlantic.

Dr. Rosa is the founder of Rosa Projects, a production company focused on art and brand collaborations and an art advisory for private collections.

Art criticism by Dr. Rosa has appeared in i-D Vice, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and Frieze, as well as several exhibition catalogues and book chapters.

Dr. Rosa’s historical academic scholarship has been published published in The Journal of African American History, Slavery & Abolition, The Black Scholar, and PhiloSOPHIA.

Dr. Rosa has been featured or interviewed in Teen Vogue, Mixed Mag, Pop Sugar, and Refinery 29.