Date: July 5, 2021 

Name of Show:  Let’s Rethink This 

Episode title and number: Episode 008 Local Artist Discusses Mental Illness & Education 

Brief summary of show: Today, I am so excited to be speaking with Independence Center member, Angel. Angel has been a member at IC for 4 years and has grown so much. We worked on a project together back in 2018 called the 40 stories in 40 days project where we created short videos of members sharing their life stories and published them on YouTube and the Independence Center Facebook page. Jump forward a couple years and Angel is now preparing to graduate with her associates degree in fine arts and is working toward completing a bachelors in video editing and film.   

Bullet points of key topics & timestamps:  

9:05 – 10:27 Education Program  

10:30– 11:50 Stats about SMI and Education 

15:49 - 17:01 Finding Support During School  

17:44 – 19:12 Advice for Going to School with a SMI  

List of resources mentioned in episode:  

Independence Center Education Program  

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