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title: "Nyah Macklin"
category: "people"
role: "Sr. Developer Advocate, Artificial intelligence"
company: "Neo4j"
linkedin: "https://linkedin.com/in/nyahmacklin"
twitter: "https://x.com/nyahmacklindev"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Nyah Macklin

## Profile
Sr. Developer Advocate, Artificial intelligence at [[neo4j|Neo4j]].

- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/nyahmacklin)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/nyahmacklindev)

## Biography
Nyah Macklin is a seasoned researcher and speaker on topics around AI, ML, Ethics, Governance, and Responsibility. Nyah serves as a Senior Developer Advocate for Artificial Intelligence at [[neo4j|Neo4j]], specializing in context engineering, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven developer tooling where Nyah has built high-impact technical communities and led initiatives that advance a critical understanding of AI and its use cases. They are also the Founder & CTO of Afros in AI, a technical community dedicated to showcasing the multifaceted nature of artificial intelligence. Beyond Nyah's technical expertise, Nyah has a background in government leadership and technology policy, having served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. state government, where they helped shape tech-driven legislative initiatives and equity-driven legislation. When not immersed in their work, Nyah cares about empowering, teaching, and tutoring engineers, live-streaming technical deep dives, and building open-source tools that make software more accessible, explainable, and community-driven.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-nyah-macklin-rag-needs-a-map-using-graphrag-to-retrieve-connected-context]] — RAG Needs a Map: Using GraphRAG to Retrieve Connected Context (2026-06-29, 11:05am-12:05pm)

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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-nyah-macklin-rag-needs-a-map-using-graphrag-to-retrieve-connected-context|RAG Needs a Map: Using GraphRAG to Retrieve Connected Context]]

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