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Speakers and Performers
Gael Aitor
Gael Aitor is the creator and a host of the “Teenager Therapy” podcast, a teen mental health podcast with over 1,000,000 followers.
Eraka Bath, MD
Associate Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Addison Carson
High school student at Harvard-Westlake and Teen Advisory Council member (Click image to read more)
Josh Chou (he/they)
Founder and president of the Neurodiversity Network at UCLA
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SkyDxddy
Gen Z singer/songwriter, using her platform to have honest conversations about mental health
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Timothy Fong, MD
Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA
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Jena Friedman
Jena Friedman is a comedian, filmmaker and Oscar-nominated writer. She’s the host of Indefensible on AMC Plus and creator of Soft Focus on Adult Swim. (Click image to read more)
Katelyn Frohlich
Senior at Brentwood School, “Be Well” Mental Health Club and Teen Advisory Council member
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Zach Gottlieb
Senior at Winward School, Founder of Gen Z wellness platform, “Talk with Zach” and Teen Advisory Council Member
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Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
Psychiatrist, Anthropologist, and Interim Director of the Semel Institute
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Montserrat Hildalgo
Senior at South Gate High School, Teen Advisory Council Member
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Clinton Kane
Clinton Kane is an Australian singer-songwriter, signed to Columbia Records
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Molly Kawahata
Renowned climate change activist, strategist, and public speaker who was a former climate advisor to the Obama White House (Click image to read more)
Isabelle Lanser, PhD
Licensed clinical psychologist, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Social Justice Policy Analyst, and the co-founder of Cypress Mental Health (Click image to read more)
Elizabeth Laugeson, PsyD
Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute (Click image to read more)
Olivia Le (she/her)
Vietnamese-American high school Junior in the Creative Writing conservatory at Orange County School of the Arts. (Click image to read more)
Johnathan McGee
Senior at Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies and Teen Advisory Council Member
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Jocelyn Meza, PhD
Principal investigator and director of the Health Equity and Access Research and Treatment (HEART) Lab
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John Piacentini, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Chief of Child Psychology in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Semel Institute (Click image to read more)
Marlee Porter (she/her)
Senior at Marymount High School. She is a poet through Get Lit-Words Ignite and the media director for Poetry4Progress
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Eli Rallo
Author and social media star and influencer with massive followings on TikTok (+100MM likes) and Instagram
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Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart is starring in and producing the independent limited series HAL & HARPER, opposite Mark Ruffalo, for writer/director Cooper Raiff.
Metta Sandiford-Artest
Former professional basketball player who played 19 seasons in the NBA
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Ava Sassaman-Abrams
Senior at Brentwood High School, Teen Advisory Council member and Body Positivity Facilitator
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Kathryn Schmid
MBA student at Fordham University Gabelli School of Business
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April Thames, PhD
Director of the Social Neuroscience and Health Psychology Laboratory and Professor of Psychiatry
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Yalda Uhls, MBA, PhD
Researcher, author, speaker, and a mom. A former senior exec at MGM and Sony
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Tyris Winter
Tyris Winter is desert raised but L.A. based artist who blurs the lines between poetry, fashion and dancing.
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Gabby/Lex Wong (they/any)
Mark Keppel High School junior, a poet for L.A. based organization, Get Lit.
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