Disability Power Series Featuring Dior Vargas

Join Us For Disability Lead's First Disability Power Series of 2024 Featuring Dior Vargas!

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Join us August 8th, 2024 from 12 pm - 1 pm CST virtually for an empowering virtual event featuring Dior Vargas in our upcoming Disability Lead Power Series. Dior will share her deeply personal journey with mental health, offering invaluable insights from her own experiences to inspire and educate others. Through her compelling narrative, participants will gain practical strategies to navigate conversations about mental health with family and loved ones.

Dior will also highlight pivotal actions she has taken to advocate for her mental health both personally and professionally, equipping attendees with actionable steps they can implement in their own lives. The event will delve into the importance of support systems and explore effective ways to offer support to those around us.

Following her presentation, Dior will engage in a fireside chat with Disability Lead staff where she'll answer live questions from the audience, further enriching the discussion.

Please note that ASL and CART will be provided during this virtual program. For additional accommodation requests, contact Clare Killy, at ckilly@disabilitylead.

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About The Speaker: DIOR VARGAS

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Dior Vargas, MPH, is a mental health activist with over ten years of experience in advocacy. She works with universities and corporations to discuss self-care advocacy, wellness accessibility, and diversity within mental health. She is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of BIPOC in the media representation of mental illness. She is also the editor of The Color of My Mind, a book based on the photo project. Dior has received numerous awards, including the White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations under the Obama Administration. Dior delivers speaking engagements across the country, and her work and insight have been covered in media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, and NBC News Latino. She was listed in the City & State Mental Health Power 50 List and was featured in the CBS Special, Essential Heroes: A Momento Latino Event. Dior has a BA in the Study of Women and Gender from Smith College and an MPH from New York University. She was born and raised in New York City and still lives there.