Maya Allen

• Maya was an assistant editor at Byrdie for a year and a half.
• Previously, she was the fashion and beauty editorial assistant at Cosmopolitan.com. Her writing has also appeared in InStyle; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Essence.
• Currently, Maya is the beauty director for InStyle Magazine.

Experience

Maya found her love of journalism as a young girl growing up in Portland, Oregon collecting magazines. She dreamed of seeing women who looked like her in articles and on covers but never found the representation she yearned for in the media, so she took matters into her own hands and spent every summer since her freshman year of college interning at major magazines in New York gaining reputable editorial experience from seasoned editors.

She's held editorial positions at major women's publications and digital destinations including O, The Oprah Magazine; Essence; InStyle; Cosmopolitan.com; Byrdie.com, Marie Claire, and is currently the beauty director for InStyle Magazine.

Education

Maya received her B.A. in journalism at Howard University with a minor in African-American studies. 

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