Emily Galeva

Emily recognized the significant stigma that high schoolers coping with mental health face., and quickly recognized that the pandemic was further increasing anxiety and other mental health issues for teenagers across New Hampshire. For her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Emily developed a program “Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health in High Schools,” addressing a wide variety of audiences. She took her message to high schools in New Hampshire, and represented New Hampshire students at multiple state events and programs, including the Youth Summit in Concord, 99 Faces at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, No Safe Vape on Facebook Live; the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), and more. In May, Galeva participated in the third of a series of webinars allowing high schoolers to talk about mental health issues they were experiencing during the pandemic.