Laura Cathcart Robbins

Teaches at General Assembly

Laura Cathcart Robbins is a freelance writer, podcast host and storyteller. Her recent articles in the Huffington Post on the subjects of race, recovery and divorce have garnered her world-wide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySLAM winner and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, which is available on all podcast platforms. In 2019, Laura was named the weekly, US contributor for the Italian Newsmagazine, The Daily Worker.it. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee, and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Laura currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival. Laura is also a founding member of Moving Forewords, the first national memoirist collective of its kind. Find out more about her on her website