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Carina Hsieh

Carina Hsieh is a writer and editor based in New York City. She was previously a Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan. Her freelance work has been published in The New Yorker, New York, SELF, ByrdieWondermind, and Yale Medicine. Her comedy writing and directing has been featured on BuzzFeedNew YorkThe Washington PostGothamistInStyleThe Daily MailWhoHaHa, and The Verge. She is an alum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Yale School of Public Health. She’s on Instagram: @carinahsieh.

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