Karla Borders Pope launched Brown Girl Gumbo in 2007. Dedicated to women of color, BGG features daily beauty, hair, style, parenting and lifestyle posts.
Written in an upbeat concise, conversational and anecdotal style, BGG strives to consistently bring readers fun and informative content.
In addition to BGG, Karla has worked in the publishing industry for more than a decade. She’s written for some of the most widely-read publications in the country, including PARADE (where she worked on staff for 8 years) People and People StyleWatch magazines, as well as ESSENCE.com. She currently works full-time as a senior editor and brand storyteller for a New York-based agency whose clients include a variety of Fortune 500 companies.
A lover of all-things-pink, Karla enjoys collecting journals, eating gummy bears and watching “A Different World” re-runs.
Karla is a Chicago native, but currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband and their two children.
