2018 Jared Monroe Scholarship Winners

Emmah M.

Emmah Meyer a sophomore at Arizona State University studying Urban Planning and Metropolitan Studies as well as a member of Chi Omega a women’s fraternity. She is from Napa, California a small town in the northern San Francisco Bay Area.   Her freshman year she began to exhibit unreasonable outbursts of… rage, the constant feeling of flailing about through life rather than really living, and burned bridges with various friends. This was then when her mother suggested she seek medical help. She was officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder in January of 2017.
It hasn’t been easy but she continues to learn more about her triggers, continue to make strides towards her goals. She reminds herself to put her mental health first. She wants to help her peers see that bipolar disorder is manageable and there is always going to be a light in the world no matter how low you may feel.

Neve B.

Neve Brown  just graduating high school in Frisco, Texas and will be attending University of Delaware this fall.  She will be majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Global Politics and minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. She plans on participating in the 4 +1 Public Policy program to earn Master’s degree.  She was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in November of 2014. She has faced discrimination  due to the many stigmas associated with having a mental illness. She is determined to persevere through the challenges and build a more resilient version of herself.  She believes it is part of her responsibility having bipolar disorder to speak out against the stigma and to normalize what it means to be “Bipolar”.