About our guest … Trinh Ding is the Executive Director of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Southern Nevada. Trinh leads a peer-led grassroots mental health nonprofit that aims to support, educate and advocate for individuals and families impacted by mental health conditions. As someone with lived experience with mental health challenges and seeing it first hand with family members, she is a passionate mental health advocate. Trinh completed NAMI’s Family-to-Family 12-week class in 2012 and became a volunteer teacher in 2013, helping dozens of families navigate mental health challenges over the past decade. Trinh spent time in the classroom as a teacher and a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Specialist (PSR) before becoming Executive Director in January 2020. She aims to bring public mental health awareness to the community with empathy, compassion and understanding as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, through NAMI signature presentations, and mindfulness practices by engaging diverse communities. As a mental health advocate, she brings the family and peer voices to legislators and community organizations to ensure that policies and programs incorporate the perspectives of those utilizing the services.