Niellah Arboine is a writer, freelance journalist, born and raised in London. She's a founding member of gal-dem and currently the lifestyle editor. You can find her work in Guardian, iD, Time Out London, BBC, Independent, Dazed, Vice and Vogue. Niellah is also co-host on gal-dem's first ever podcast, Growing up with gal-dem. Over the course of the series Natty Kasambala and Niellah Arboine invite a different guest to respond to old diary entries, text messages, or letters from their younger selves - nurturing important conversations about growing up.