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Jessica Minhas

Jessica Minhas

Founder

I'll Go First

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Founder

COMPANY

I'll Go First

COUNTRY

USA

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Jessica Minhas

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Health

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What makes Jessica Minhas a Global Shaker?

Jessica Minhas is a human rights and mental health advocate, TV host, public speaker, and the Founder and CEO of I’ll Go First — an NGO which uses storytelling as a way of expanding the access vulnerable populations have to mental health and trauma recovery care. 

She was recently diagnosed with steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis, a rare brain disease that, if left untreated, could lead to early-onset Alzheimer’s.

For the past 14 years Jessica has worked in digital media producing inspiring content focused on complex social issues; and in the survivor advocacy space, crafting economic empowerment programs, and investigations on behalf of sex trafficking victims. 

She aims to “challenge audiences to think globally, empower them to find their purpose, and encourages them to cultivate their unique voices for the common good.” 

Jessica graduated from the University of Central Florida, and has completed graduate studies work in Journalism at NYU, and in Global Mental Health Trauma and Refugee Recovery with Harvard Medical School. She has been honoured as a Rising Leader by the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards, is a recipient of a Noble Award on behalf of The Blind Project, and is currently a Hive Global Leader, a New York New Abolitionist, a Global Shaper on behalf of the World Economic Forum and a United Nations Global Accelerator.

Tags: Mental Health, patient advocacy, podcasts, rare diseases

Last updated: February 29, 2020