Hollywood’s Black Screenwriter That’s Advocating for Mental Health and Diversity

What’s your name and where are you from?

Darin Keith Martin. Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, lives in Los Angeles. I’m a Creative Producer for film and TV. Which means I’m sort of a jack of all trades. I mainly write and produce but also enjoy being an actor and director.

Tell us more about you:

A big focal point of my writing is mental health and diversity with calls to action attached to my projects. We are our best selves when we are well. Many of us experience various types of mental health encounters and challenges that we never speak about. And because we never speak about it, we bottle it up until it becomes uncontrollable, consumes us, forces us to breakdown, or in dire circumstances, give up. No one should ever feel so alone or defeated that they have to give up. I was once that teenager that had a smile on the outside, close family and friends, but had serious thoughts of giving up on life.

It’s a dark place when you feel like you have nothing to live for and no one to talk to about it. Maybe it’s because the topic…