Evelyn From The Internets

Evelyn Ngugi, better known online as Evelyn From The Internets, (born ) is a humour writer and digital storyteller.
==Personal life==
Evelyn grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, and attended a private Christian school for first through fifth grade. She studied at the University of Texas at Austin for journalism. She is Kenyan, and lives in Austin, Texas.
==YouTube==
When Evelyn started YouTube, she worked for a curly/natural hair company, and documented cutting her hair off and wearing it the way it grows. During an internship, she posted those videos to YouTube. Evelyn refers to fans, and people she knows online, as “Internet Cousins.”
In July 2015, Evelyn created a video for For Harriet. She is the writer and co-host of the PBS Digital Studios show, Say It Loud, about Black culture and history. Evelyn was the co-producer of the non-fiction channel Austin While Black. In May 2016, Beyoncé played this video of Evelyn’s whilst on tour. In March 2017, Evelyn was a finalist for a Shorty Award, in the Breakout YouTuber category. Evelyn was a 2017 YouTube Creators for Change fellow, and was part of the U.S. #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class of 2021. She was a 2020 participant in the YouTube x Michelle Obama initiative for global girls' education, which she received a grant to support. She won the “Excellence In Comedy” Award at Toronto’s Buffer Fest 2019 for her short film “Hello, Tim,” a mockumentary about a young woman’s relationship with the federal agent in her webcam. In 2021, Evelyn and Hallease wrote a 5-episode web series together.
==Patreon==
Evelyn runs a joint Patreon with her brother Steve, who is a multidisciplinary artist.
Evelyn co-hosts livestreams on Hallease’s Patreon, where they review shows.
==References==
Category:Kenyan YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2007