So must people discovered me cause of open your purse or other insane tweets that my chaotic mind makes up. Let me introduce myself since that Elle article came out anyways.
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Hi, I am Evelyn. I am 23, Baltimore raised but I live in dc now. I started my own magazine at 16. Yes it was hard, I am a black woman so obviously we aren’t really represented in media.
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I started my own magazine cause I was tired of the lack of diversity in teen magazines. So my magazine
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I don’t talk about what I do behind the scenes, but this is my 7th year running my magazine. So what has my magazine accomplished?
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Numbers matter but that’s not what’s important. Yes I have amassed over 11 million views on the website alone, but that’s not the importance.
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See with my magazine, it gave teenagers an outlet to talk about anything and everything they want, no filter. I have gotten hundreds of messages over the years of teens thanking me for allowing them to a voice and readers saying they felt less alone after reading an article.
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Aside from that, I have been for the part couple years writing the young writers college recommendations and many of them went on to go to Stanford, Georgetown and more.
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Affinity has helped them land internships at places at Live Nation and CBS.
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Writers have been able to start their careers at just 15/16, I have been able to cover major festivals like Coachella and even Sundance Film Festive for free.
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I don’t talk much about the work I do but I gotta remind folks that you can sit and talk about me everyday, but my legacy will always speak for me

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Here is the Affinity yearbook I released this year that shows you where my past writers are at now!http://culture.affinitymagazine.us/affinity-alumni-yearbook-2020/ …
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