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Laura Cathcart Robbins

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Laura Cathcart Robbins is the best-selling author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, Stash, My Life In Hiding, and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley Schools nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker, and LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writers Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival. Find out more about her on her website https://lauracathcartrobbins.com, or you can look for her on Facebook, on Instagram, on Tiktok, and follow her on Twitter.

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