Lauren Hope is a mental health advocate and peer recovery specialist in the City of Portsmouth. She was hired to address the opioid crisis in Hampton Roads. Her position allows her to offer support to people after overdoses, suicide attempts, and crisis. She has received several certifications in suicide prevention. Over the past 2 years, she has traveled the state of Virginia informing others about suicide, mental health wellness, and living in recovery. Hope first shared her mental health journey on a blog in 2016 and since then has traveled given speeches on suicide prevention, and living with mental illness. Hope is also a blogger, social media personality, and is currently working on a book about her mental health journey.

Lauren shares her story in the This Is My Brave Arlington 2018 show.