Advocate, Actor, and Loving the Artist within
Courage is Contagious: Reimagining Mental Health with PRN
In May, I successfully partnered with Promise Resource Network to launch Courage is Contagious, a month-long series of nine impactful events for Mental Health Awareness Month.
The initiative included three-panel discussions with community leaders, three coffee talk events featuring shared recovery stories, and a powerful healing arts event for veterans.
Through storytelling, healing arts, and community engagement, we broke down stigma, reimagined mental health care, and inspired others to seek support on their own healing journeys.
Acknowledgments
I am very proud to have been awarded the Salvatore Caraco Mental Health Educator of the Year award in 2023 from Mental Health America of the Central Carolinas. I've been an advocate, volunteer, speaker, and QPR instructor for over a decade.
I have been telling the stories of Mental Health for 13 years throughout the years at Flatbreadmedia.com
Playing the part.
In 1998, I played Zelda in her one-woman show. This would change the course of my life. Zelda wrote, "Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald, that's all I ever was; I loved and married the artist in him. I should have loved the artist in myself."
It turns out this has always been my healing journey. I had to learn to love my own artist before I could encourage others to love the 'artist' in themselves.