We interview Jon Chang, a Mental Health Advocate and Marketer who was named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for Marketing & Advertising. He recently started a new role as head of consumer growth at Klarna, a financial services shopping site.
In addition to teaching at NYU and General Assembly, he’s a startup mentor at WeWork Labs and advises the education non-profit Exploration Summer Programs. He manages all of this while living with bipolar disorder.
Jonathan didn’t know he had bipolar disorder until he reached college. For a while, he didn’t understand why he felt so different and why he was engaging in irresponsible behavior.
In this episode we talk to Jonathan about:
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Follow Jon Chang at @changahroo
His Website: https://www.jonchang.co/
To Learn More about Bipolar Disorder:
https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-conditions/bipolar-disorder
Mental Health Facts:
https://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/state-mental-health-america
Woebot: https://woebot.io/
Show Credits:
Thanks to our writer Liz Roberts for writing this episode. Liz works full-time at CNN Digital as an Associate Producer of Content Development. She’s been told that food is not a passion, but she disagrees. We do too!
Additional thanks to Kessyl Lim, our assistant producer; Debbie Wong & Kim Hernandez, our social media coordinators; and Rachel Chou our sound editor who mixed and edited this episode.
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