Ms. Brown grew up in a dysfunctional family with alcholic parents who divorced when she was 7 years old. At one point, her family was so poor that her stepfather chose to pick food out of grocery store trash bins rather than find a job to feed the family. Her mother has been married 5 times and her real father is currently missing. Marlayna somehow managed to transcend all this – she’s the first college graduate in her family, a professional writer and yoga instructor, and she has written 2 books.
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February 10, 2010: Marlayna Brown






