Who does it

Our co-founder, Alexis Werner, became passionate about youth mental health work due to her own experience of trauma and witnessing two of her teenage siblings attempt suicide. She searched for programs that would provide more consistent support for her siblings after they were released from the hospital, but could not find anyone supporting youth in this way. In researching the prevalence of experiences like hers, she found that over 20% of youth reported they had developed depression after the pandemic, but that it takes 11 years from the onset of symptoms for the average young person to actually receive services. Alexis felt compelled to do something and in discussion with two colleagues, they created a solution: Imagine Further Collective.

 

At Imagine Further, we believe everyone deserves the right to receive resources to help them thrive. Mental health services are the clearest answer towards preventing crime and violence because it provides an opportunity for individual's to recognize  their inherent worth and dignity. We focus on those a part of under-resourced, marginalized communities and provide them with relevant resources to heal.