Shayla Martin is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist, and winner of Spotify’s Sound Up program, a podcast-accelerator program for women of color. She’s been published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Veranda, The Daily Beast, Architectural Digest, Shondaland and more. She’s been in recovery from alcoholism since November 18, 2012, and has shared her thoughts and experiences with sobriety and recovery both in essays and as a podcast guest. Find more of her work at www.ShaylaMartin.com.
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