About The Author:
Lindsay Sheehan is Program Coordinator of the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment (NCSE) at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The NCSE conducts research on stigma reduction and empowerment for people with mental illness. Since 2002, Ms. Sheehan has worked in community mental health, focusing on employment and independent living for those with serious mental illness. Lindsay is also a current graduate student studying Rehabilitation Counseling Education at IIT with a specialization in psychiatric rehabilitation. She teaches as an Adjunct Instructor at IIT and is a licensed counselor in Illinois.
Carla Nasca, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in the laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at the Rockefeller University, New York. Dr. Nasca received her B.A. in Molecular Biology and her M.S. in Electrophysiology from the University of Palermo in Italy. She earned her Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Pharmacology from the University Sapienza in Rome, Italy, before moving to The Rockefeller University under the mentorship of Dr. Bruce McEwen.