Gabrielle Byrd is a senior journalism and social justice studies major with a minor in community-based leadership at Miami University. Byrd was born and raised on the westside of Cincinnati where she graduated from Oak Hills High School in '21. She is the president of Miami University's Society of Professional Journalists, treasurer of The Femellectual and social media coordinator of The Urban Cohort. Gabrielle is also a part-time freelance writer for Cincinnati Public Radio's WGUC covering arts and culture.

For fall 2024, Gabrielle will be reporting on Talawanda schools.