As someone who has dealt with mental illness for my entire life, the desire to help others who may be going through similar struggles and educate those who don’t have personal connections with mental illness have always been goals of mine. Throughout the years as I have lived with and received treatment for anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder, I have been faced with the difficult truths and stigmatized treatment of living with mental illness in a world where knowledge about mental health and mental illness is lacking.