Kaitlyn McNab is an award-winning journalist, formerly the Culture Editor at Teen Vogue, and a multimedia writer, speaker, and digital creator based in New York.

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As an independent culture reporter, Kaitlyn has written for GQ, Allure, i-D, Bustle, EBONY, and Youth To The People. Kaitlyn has interviewed pop culture vanguards like Olivia Rodrigo, Issa Rae, Keke Palmer, Ice Spice, Millie Bobby Brown, Morris Chestnut, Coco Jones, Tyler James Williams, Chlöe Bailey, Coi Leray, Mara Brock Akil, and many more.

 

As a speaker, Kaitlyn has been booked by the likes of Hulu, Disney+, and Peacock, and has lent her expertise to major national stages such as New York Comic Con, the American Black Film Festival, Culture Con, and Teen Vogue Summit.

 

She learned the alchemy of interdisciplinary thinking at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, from which she holds a self-designed B.A. titled How to Tell Stories While Black and a minor in Africana Studies.

 

Kaitlyn's poetry has appeared in Electric Literature; she is currently working on her debut novel and several original screenplays for television and film. Kaitlyn’s overall creative mission is to celebrate and articulate diverse Black experiences across all narrative mediums.