An Interview With Melissa Llarena

Katherine Young is a designer and social media marketing professional who is well-known for her viral Girls’ Life meme where she recreated the cover of its airbrushed model magazine cover with that of a relatable and natural teenager. Her meme has been viral for over four-years now and it’s left an impact on girls worldwide. During our chat, Katherine and I spoke about creativity along with the courage you need to create, the surprising “dark side” of going viral, and about the biggest hindrance in creativity for adults. Such a thoughtful and inspiring conversation from someone who attended college for graphic design and went to work for the Walt Disney Company (despite 27-plus rejection letters) where she learned from the best of the best and began running large social media accounts.    To date, Katherine has been doing design and social media marketing professionally for more than a decade. She has created internationally viral content that has been featured by The Huffington Post, TODAY, Minnesota Public