Biography

Christina Vortia is the Chief Librarian at Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, the world's leading repository on the global Black experience, and the African Studies, African American Studies, and History Subject Liaison for Founders Library. Christina is a librarian, educator, and literature analyst committed to Black diasporan literary traditions and print culture. She has served on the 2020/2021 LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, the 2019/2020 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee, the 2017 Michael L. Printz Award Committee, and the 2017 Florida Author's and Publisher's Association Book Awards Committee. She has been a contributor to the popular literary website Book Riot. Christina served as Chair of the 2023 Newbery Committee and is a juror on the  2025/2026 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury. Christina reviews children's and young adult literature at Kirkus and Black Cotton Reviewers. She also is the creator of the blog HypeLit.com.

Christina has worked in public, academic, and federal libraries, using statistical analysis to gauge community needs, plan programs, facilitate community partnerships, and write and contribute to winning grants. ​

Christina received her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute in New York City and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Montclair State University in New Jersey. She is a proud golden crimson tiger of Tuskegee University.