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OUR MISSION

The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults.

Choosing Myself Over the Version I Pretended to Be

Texas Youth Advocacy Coalition Fellow Ivanna Sintes spent years performing happiness to survive. Now she’s learning that self-acceptance, not perfection, is what truly heals.

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Ivanna smiling at the YAC 2025 conference
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If you or someone you know needs to talk to someone right now, text, call, or chat 988 for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24/7. 

You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.

If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm, call 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis.