Safiya Nygaard

Safiya Nygaard (born 16 July 1993) is an American media personality, known for her work at the company BuzzFeed mainly as a video producer for the series LadyLike and often participates or creates BuzzFeed video content having to do with race, religion, and culture. Her YouTube channel was created in 2011 and she uploaded her first video in 2014. Nygaard began uploading regularly in January 2017 and proceeded to amass one million subscribers under two months. She has now gained over two million subscribers over the span of six months.
Early life
Nygaard was born in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois to an Indian mother and a Danish Father and she is a Muslim.
Career
Nygaard joined the company BuzzFeed as an intern in 2015 and proceeded to become a video producer in November of the same year. She now dedicates all her time in her personal YouTube channel.
Personal life
She attended Stanford University where she met her now boyfriend Tyler Williams and participated in theatre productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Crucible. She is an avid Harry Potter fan and lover of pop culture.
 
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