39. More Than a Crown: How Becoming a Powerful Advocate for Mental Health is Fueling This Young Woman's Dreams Life in Motion

Laurel Jones is a high school who has big dreams and a powerful message about mental health in teen and mental health education.  Although most schools provide mental health services, Laurel's experience demonstrates that schools do not always engage teens effectively. Her goal? To redefine the conversation. Laurel is Miss Southlake's Outstanding Teen, a local titleholder in the Miss Texas' Outstanding Program.  Drawing from personal experience, Laurel is focusing her year on implementing a program she's developed called: Behind the SASH: Suicidal Thoughts, Anxiety, and Self-Harm. 

Laurel is working with school leaders and legislators to help develop a new mental health program for teens to implement statewide. Listen in to hear how this amazing young woman is more than a pretty face and a crown, but is an advocate for young people everywhere in the fight against mental illness in teens. 

We chat about her personal battles, how pageants get a bad rap and how she balances all her commitments from school to community service.

For more information on Laurel, her program and how you can support her head to:

Miss Southlake Organization: https://www.instagram.com/misssouthlaketx/

Laurel's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misssouthlakeot/

To support Lauren's mental health book drive


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