NAMI is proud to announce the newest class of ten young adult leaders chosen to participate in the 2025 NAMI Next Gen ...

As NAMI approaches its fiftieth anniversary as the nation’s largest grassroots mental health advocacy organization, NAMI’s ...

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Nadiyah Fisher (she/her) is a visionary 24-year-old from Middletown, DE, with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. She is applying to medical school ...

Srihitha Dasari (she/her) is a passionate 20-year-old health equity advocate from Georgia, studying Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Anthropology at MIT. Her journey into advocacy is shaped by ...

NAMI believes that all people should have the right to make their own decisions about mental health treatment. However, in rare instances where voluntary engagement is not possible, NAMI supports ...

Ernesto Isaac Lara (he/him) is a youth well-being activist, lived experience researcher, and peer support advocate on a mission to create a happier, healthier global community. Rooted in his healing ...

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Amy Federer lived, undiagnosed, with serious mental illness until she was 30. Struggling with the trauma of an assault, Amy’s life started to fall apart. This is the story of her journey to recovery ...

When a close friend died by suicide, Richard Dixon struggled through the grief. Talking about the loss was challenging among his Black/African Ancestry friends and his fraternity brothers. To break ...