Meet our Founder

I began to notice my struggles with my mental health around early 2022. I began to have storms of anxiety forming about everything. Not being able to find my phone or a missing assignment that I didn't do. Anything little thing seemed to set me off. I even began to have mini panic attacks; I would begin shaking, my breathing would become rapid, and I would feel lightheaded as well. Later on, as I progressed deeper into the school year, I found out that I would begin to have headaches from being in anxiety-causing situations. These issues became even more prevalent during my freshman year of high school. That year took blows at my mental health in ways I had never experienced and made me feel more alone than ever.

 

 While going through a rough year, I noticed that I didn’t see anyone who looked like me struggling with the same things that I was experiencing. I never heard any other minority girls in my community talk about their mental health struggles or knew of any role models that were women of color speaking about mental health (besides my mother). This lack of representation regarding mental health didn’t sit well with me— I knew it was time for a change.

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With I'm Not Fine, I want to create an environment that I didn't have. I want minority girls to be able to read our content and be able to relate to other minority girls that have gone through the same issues and struggle with their mental health. Women of color are immensely underrepresented in the world of mental health, resulting in a lack of resources and education available to us. By sharing my own and others’ journeys, educational information, and resources for self-care, I hope to bridge the gap between mental health resources & minority girls.