This Is My Brave Announces New Board Member
LEESBURG, VA: This Is My Brave, the leading nonprofit organization using performing arts to end the stigma surrounding mental illness and addiction, is pleased to announce Brave co-founder Jennifer Marshall as the organization’s newest Board member.
“I am thrilled to welcome Jenn back to Brave as a member of the Board of Directors,” said Erin Gallagher, Executive Director of This Is My Brave. “I am particularly proud of Jenn’s significant contributions to the field of mental health. Her personal journey is the very foundation of This Is My Brave, and it will undoubtedly continue to inspire storytellers, supporters, and Brave enthusiasts for years to come. We will look to Jenn’s wealth of experience and expertise to provide invaluable guidance for This Is My Brave as an organization.”
“Creating and leading This Is My Brave for eight years was a tremendous privilege. I’m now excited and proud to be rejoining This Is My Brave in this new capacity as a Board member to help steer the organization’s path forward. “-Jennifer Marshall; Co-founder of This Is My Brave
Jenn was diagnosed with Type 1 Bipolar Disorder in 2006 at the age of 26. She’s had four hospitalizations within five years – two in 2005 before any diagnosis was reached, and two more because she was trying to protect her newborn son (postpartum psychosis) in 2008 and her unborn daughter in 2010 – and all were because she was unmedicated at the time. Writing her way through life with a mental illness became her way of healing, and her award-winning blog BipolarMomLife became an inspiration to many. Jenn created This Is My Brave because she learned firsthand how powerful and therapeutic it was to live openly and not hide her diagnosis. She wanted to give brave individuals from the community a platform through which to creatively share their stories of living with mental illness to educate and inspire others. She lives outside Washington, DC with her husband and two children.
New members will enhance the board’s focus and strengthen This Is My Brave’s commitment to empowering individuals to share their stories about living with mental illness and addiction. To learn more about This Is My Brave’s Board and read member bios, click here.
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About This Is My BraveThis Is My Brave debuted its first-ever live show in May 2014 in Arlington, VA, at the Spectrum Theatre to a sold-out crowd of nearly 400. Over the past ten years, the nonprofit organization has hosted 100 performances across the United States and in Australia. This Is My Brave has been featured in The Washington Post, O, The Oprah Magazine, Stage-Directions Magazine, and the TODAY Show’s Mind Matters with Carson Daly. For more information, visit thisismybrave.org. Follow This Is My Brave on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.
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