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Izzy Goncalves Author

Katherine Ponte is a mental health advocate, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of ForLikeMinds, an online peer support community for people living with or supporting someone with mental illness. She is a faculty member with the program for recovery and community health at Yale University School of Medicine, and sits on the board of National Alliance on Mental Illness in New York, NY. She is the author of ForLikeMinds: Mental Illness Recovery Insights. Katherine is happily living in recovery from severe bipolar I disorder with psychosis and extended periods of suicidal depression after an 18-year struggle

Izzy Goncalves works in finance and has been the primary caregiver for his spouse, Katherine. He has been instrumental in helping her develop several mental illness recovery initiatives