Emily Wu Truong on Clubhouse

Bio

Emily Wu Truong is an award-winning mental health advocate who began her grassroots activism to alleviate the stigma of mental illness in 2013. After being diagnosed, she began sharing her recovery journey of transforming her self-torture into self-love and how facing community stigma encouraged her to become a stronger advocate for herself and others. Her story has been featured by “Each Mind Matters,” Good Morning America and NBC Asian America. She was honored by Senator Ed Hernandez with the 2015 Woman of Achievement Award. In 2017, Los Angeles County Supervisors honored Emily's request to establish May 10th as "Asian Pacific American Mental Health Day." Assemblymember Ed Chau honored Emily with the 2018 Make A Difference Award. As NAMI San Gabriel Valley's Peer Programs Coordinator, Emily facilitates weekly support groups to provide support and let her peers know that they are not alone in their struggles. To learn more about her recovery story, go to: http://bit.ly/25vmP06.