I’ve been fighting for mental health justice and disability rights ever since I was an undergraduate, when I co-founded the only student-run mental health advocacy group on the University of Michigan’s campus at the time, a group my friends and I named, Finding Voice.

After graduation, I interned in public policy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Michigan and the Bazelon Center for Public Health Law in Washington, D.C. Later, I would serve as a trained peer-to-peer support group co-facilitator for NAMI Metro Detroit from 2017 to 2019 and in 2021. Through NAMI Metro's "In Our Own Voice" I presented my story of recovery to family members and peers.

My recovery story (under my married name) was featured by the Oakland Press/Macomb Daily, Metro Detroit’s community daily newspaper: Romeo native shares story of overcoming bipolar disorder

Most recently, I spoke publicly about my lived experiences with mental health issues through collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program:

Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program: Bright Nights Community Virtual Forum

Heinz C. Prechter & Gesher Human Services Present "Living Well With Bipolar Disorder: Creative Expressions"

I write a mental health column for bpHope.com Here are some highlights:

'“Ambiguous Loss” & Grieving the Child We Never Had. 6 Feb 2024.

Gratitude: My Journey From Psychosis to Health. 6 Aug. 2018.

Lessons in Love & Bipolar Disorder as a Newlywed. 3 June 2020.