Tykesha Spivey Burton
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(She/Her)
Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.
As seen in:
Essence,
Yahoo Life,
The Telegraph,
Aol,
National Geographic Traveler,
Tripadvisor,
Flipboard,
Yahoo,
Condé Nast Traveler,
Travel + Leisure,
Matador Network
and
Covers:
Travel, Family Travel, Lifestyle, Solo Female Travel, and Parenting
Doesn't Cover:
politics
DC area journalist and photographer covering travel, parenting & more for Telegraph, T+L, Tripadvisor, Hemispheres, AFAR, Essence, Saturday Evening Post & more
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Tykesha Spivey Burton’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Tykesha Spivey Burton is a freelance travel journalist and photographer based in Maryland. Her work has appeared in Condé Nast, National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Fodor's Travel, Essence, The Saturday Evening Post, and more.
A Miami native and lifelong fan of personal life stories, she began her journalism career as a writer for a popular South Florida TV news show. She then went on to work as an associate TV news producer in North Carolina. She’s also an alum of the Black Press, ha…
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