On today's episode of JFS in Conversation, we cover The Covid Experience: Mental Health with Olivia Miller! Olivia Miller is a 19 year-old student and mental health advocate from Waterloo, Ontario. She is the co-founder and director of Bridges of Hope Project, an youth-led initiative prioritizing increased awareness of mental health and encouraging open conversations about well-being within communities. She has completed a Positive Psychology Specialization through the University of Pennsylvania and is currently completing a double major in Social Development and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo. She has struggled personally with anxiety, OCD and depression for the majority of her life which sparked a passion in her for advocating for prioritizing mental wellness. She is a team member at The Activist Collab, a platform for young advocates to start their activism journey and a Community Ambassador at The Umbrella Project, a parenting and classroom strategy for communities to choose wellbeing. Olivia strives to continue to break stigma in her community and defy against the several systems that don't allow for well-being to be made a priority in our lives.Listen in to hear all about mental health during Covid and how it's incredibly prevalent!
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