TEDxWaterloo – Alicia Raimundo – Mental Health Superhero
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Alicia Raimundo has been a mental health advocate since she was 13, after she experienced serious bouts of suicidal ideation as the result of her depression and anxiety. She knows she came perilously close to being part of Canada’s grim suicide statistics. Ten years later, she spends her days finishing her undergrad degree in psychology, while volunteering at half a dozen mental health-related causes. She co-founded the online portion of Almond Health emotional wellbeing community website and is a member of a young adult team that works to translate academic mental health information into language that resonates with young people. She is also a facilitator of a “young survivors of suicide loss” group and takes every opportunity to speak publicly about mental health. Last October, she was on a panel of speakers for Canada AM’s Speak Out On Suicide program and contributed to MTV’s Let’s Talk mental health campaign. Alicia’s goal is to make people more connected to mental health issues while helping to eliminate the stigma attached to it.
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