Meet Tyi Flood
MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE ENTREPRENUER & SPEAKER “What God has for me, it is for me” ynesha “Tyi” Flood is a Business-Management graduate from Kaplan University, but has dedicated most of her career to media, arts, and marketing as a project manager, actress, and broadcast personality. She recently began her journey as a mental health advocate in 2016; with a major focus on women, mothers, and children who lived with depression and anxiety disorders. After personally being diagnosed with major depressive disorder, seeing many of her childhood friends, and other young adults and children succumb to their illness through suicide, she felt that it was time to attack the mental health crisis. Tynesha is the author of ‘Project Me: 30 Days to A Better You,’ which is an empowerment journal for self-care. She’s also the CEO/Founder of Awesome Women of Empowerment, Inc., which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate, support, and empower those living with mental health conditions. "It's time to take a stand and talk about mental health, rather than hiding or denying them.” The A.W.E Group’s mission is to not only fight stigma within the community; but to provide better resources, create a safe haven of support, and to open the dialogue around mental health in families. In addition, Tynesha sits on the board of I Just Want 2 Help, Inc., which is a nonprofit organization geared towards teen parenting, child molestation advocacy, and providing food and hygiene resources for low-income families. She’s also a certified mental health first aid. Her major efforts and goals are catered to finding ways to help the community, one voice at a time.
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