Shamontiel (pronounced Shə mon T L) Latrice Vaughn is the author of two novels ("Round Trip" and "Change for a Twenty"). Her online and print work can be found in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, CBS Chicago, J. Paye in Brief law blog series, and more. When she's not hard at work as a full-time, freelancer journalist on Upwork, she is a professional dog walker and sitter for Wag.