D'Shonda Brown is a culture curator, storyteller and public speaker from Brooklyn, New York. Her love and passion for journalism is demonstrated in her bylines across Sad Girls Club, Blavity, America Hates US, Snobette and The RapFest. As a mental health advocate and suicide attempt survivor, in 2019, D’Shonda became Mental Health First Aid Certified for adults and children, and graduated from the Advocacy Ambassador Program by National Alliance on Mental Illness.