Marvelyn Brown

Marvelyn Brown
Born (1984-05-07) May 7, 1984 (age 40)
Nashville, Tennessee
Occupation(s)Writer and activist
Websitewww.marvelynbrown.com

Marvelyn Brown (born May 7, 1984) is an African-American author and AIDS activist. She is the founder of Marvelous Connections, an HIV/AIDS organization founded in 2006. She wrote the autobiography The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive,[1] which tells her story as a young heterosexual woman living with HIV. She has delivered public speeches and made public appearances in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, the Virgin Islands, South Africa, Tanzania, and Rwanda.[2]

  1. ^ Brown, Marvelyn. "The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive by Marvelyn Brown, Courtney Martin". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved October 20, 2011. (co-written with Courtney E. Martin)
  2. ^ "About Marvelyn" Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Marvelyn Brown official website.