Howdy, I'm Justin Portela

Writer, filmmaker, friend to all people and animals

I write about inequality, corporate culture, food, technology, effective altruism, and other dope topics

I run the video program at Giving What We Can

I'm currently writing a memoir

I was profiled on the front page of Mother Jones about my time at McKinsey

I write essays disguised as restaurant reviews on Substack

I have fiction in FotW and Leland Quarterly

I hosted the Stanford Politics Podcast

I also wrote for the Stanford Politics Magazine

Email: JustinPortela at gmail dot com