Gabrielle Deonath

Gabrielle Deonath is a Guyanese-American Muslim writer and editor. First published at age 16, she penned personal essays on her experiences navigating the world as a Muslim teenager for VirtualMosque.com and SISTERS Magazine. For five years, she served as an assistant editor at Brown Girl Magazine and is one of the editors of the company's first-ever print anthology, untold: defining moments of the uprooted. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Adelphi University in 2018 and went on to work for mission-based organizations including Global Citizen and Girl Scouts of the USA. Gabrielle hopes to continue to give a voice to those without a platform and provide authentic representation of minorities and marginalized communities through storytelling. She lives in New York City, at the bustling intersection of her passion for the written word and her deep love for her faith.