Kaila Philo
(She/Her)
- Social Media Manager, Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
Washington, D.C.
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Kaila Philo’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Kaila Philo is a writer based in Washington, D.C., focusing on cultural memory, race, law, history and power through research-driven storytelling.
Her writing has been published in Talking Points Memo, POLITICO, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Washington Monthly, Washingtonian Magazine, Vice News, The Appeal, Jewish Currents, The Baffler, The Fader, and more.
She’s been chosen as a 2025 Action Fund Fellow for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Fund…
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