Zakiya N. Jamal Follow

Zakiya N. Jamal was born in Queens, raised in Long Island, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In other words, she’s a New Yorker through and through. She holds a BA in English from Georgetown University and an MFA in creative writing with a concentration in writing for children and young adults from the New School. She has been published in Catapult, Romper, BuzzFeed, People.com, and more. Her nonfiction essay “Cuban Imposter Syndrome” is featured in the Latinx anthology Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed. You can find her on Twitter at @zakiyanjamal.