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programs are not FDD employees and join FDD’s National Security Network (NSN).
National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2025
2025
National Security Network Participant
Kayla Bartsch
National Review
Biography
Last updated: Mar 19, 2025
Kayla Bartsch is a William F. Buckley, Jr. Fellow in political journalism at National Review, where she writes on education, culture, and American conservatism. She graduated from Yale University in 2020 with distinction in philosophy and humanities. Originally from Minnesota, she now resides in Washington, DC. There, she is working towards an M.A. in theology at the Dominican House of Studies. Apart from her work and studies, she helps lead the Cicero Society (a debating society for young professionals in the capital) and performs with the Washington National Cathedral Choral Society.