Why can i not make a directory inside Environment.

This is my code

File selfieLocation = new File(getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),
               "Daily Selfies");
boolean isDirectory = false;
if(!selfieLocation.isDirectory()) {
        //Creates directory named by this file
        selfieLocation.mkdir();
        isDirectory = selfieLocation.isDirectory();
 }
 //array of strings 
 for(String selfiePath: selfieLocation.list()) {
        selfies.add(selfiePath);
 }

Basically what I am trying to do is create my own customizable directory inside of the standard directory in which to place pictures that are available to the user.

I looked at related threads and saw this one, Android: unable to create a directory in default pictures folder. However I made sure that I had a call to getExternal...., and not just have Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES as a parameter. I also looked on here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal and saw that I had the right method call/format to create a customizable folder in external memory. The docs example was

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
        Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), albumName);
if (!file.mkdirs()) {
    Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Directory not created");
}

I stepped through my code and saw that the local variable isDirectory stayed at false even after the call to selfieLocation.mkdir(). Does anyone know why this directory cannot be created?

Try to create directory with File#mkdirs(), not File#mkdir(). The latter assumes that all parent directories are already in place, so it won't create directory if any of its parents don't exist.
Also, take a look at your permissions in AndroidManifest.xml. You need the following permissions in order to read/write the content on external storage:

<manifest ...>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    ...
</manifest>

android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE isn't required for now, but it will be in the future releases of Android.