Our Student Action Committee received the 2021 Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Community Heroes Award in the category Young Movers and Shakers. Congratulations, team!
The EDRC student action committee is a group of student volunteers based in the Bay Area who are passionate about helping those suffering from mental illnesses, specifically eating disorders. This year the committee: Taylor, Nikhil, Evelyn, Ava, and Maggie are being honored with the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health’s prestigious HERO award for the important work they have done. The committee has accomplished many things, including organizing the EDRC’s 12th Annual Be-You-tiful, Be Free Writing Contest, presenting about eating disorders to the Palo Alto Youth Connectedness Initiative, leading the EDRC’s annual NAMI Walk Team, and organizing an EDRC guest speaker event at Evergreen Valley High School. The EDRC student action committee is comprised of Taylor Lin, a junior at Evergreen Valley High School, Sahana Nayak, a sophomore at Lynbrook High School, Ava Iwashita, a junior at Crystal Springs Uplands School, Nikhil Kapasi, a junior at Saratoga High School, Maggie Shi, a sophomore at Basis Independent Silicon Valley, and Evelyn Tran, a senior at Evergreen Valley High School.
If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you can learn more about various care options here. You can also support the EDRC’s mission further by making a tax deductible donation.
