For young people in Georgia, funding, education, and safety are at the top of the list of demands to dismantle the stigma around depression and anxiety: "If schools prioritized equitable care, students would not feel the need to suffer in silence."
Mira Ugwuadu
Mira Ugwuadu (she/they) is a student at Washington University in St. Louis who recently graduated from Wheeler High School in Cobb County, GA. She is passionate about mental health advocacy and social justice, and she intends to pursue a medical career in order to make healthcare, especially mental health care, more equitable and accessible.