Youlendree Appasamy is a freelance writer and journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied at the University Appropriately known as Rhodes, and Wits University, where she obtained her MA in Political Studies. She's interned at various newspapers in South Africa, and in 2017 she joined the editorial board for Ja. Magazine. When she's not writing or editing words, she's thinking about how to do it better.