Marilyn Mosby was thrust into the spotlight last month when she charged six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, and national women's magazines have taken notice.
Abigail Pesta interviewed the 35-year-old Baltimore state's attorney for the August issue of Cosmopolitan, in an interview titled "You Have To Be Guided By What Is Right." A Vogue profile of Mosby also was published Tuesday.
In the Cosmo interview, Mosby, who charged six officers in the death of 25-year-old Gray after he sustained injuries while in police custody, recounts her cousin's killing, which inspired her to become involved in criminal justice reform.
"He was mistaken as a neighborhood drug dealer. He was actually an honor student," she said of her cousin.
She also relays stories of her involvement in a school desegregation program as a child, meeting her husband, City Councilman Nick Mosby, and relentless persistence in attempting to get into law school.
Mosby also takes on "racist and nasty" Internet trolls that have come with her newfound prominence: "Especially in this position, you can't be guided by emotion. You can't be guided by public perception," she said. "You have to be guided by what is right. You have to be guided by the law."
Read the full Cosmopolitan interview here.