On the other hand, Our Minds Matter is a non profit organization that provides mental health resources for teens with a mission to see a day where no teen dies by suicide.
“Athletes have a different perspective when it comes to mental health issues because as a regular person we don’t know the pressures that athletes have to go through on a day to day basis,” program coordinator Ramona Plummer shared. “Teens already struggle with mental health in general, but it’s just different as a student-athlete.”
The company has an Athletes Minds Matter campaign specifically where they would love to hear athlete perspectives on coping methods of stress when they’re in season, out of season, in a championship game, and so on, according to Plummer.
There were even past Maryland Made athletes representing employers in attendance, looking to network with athletes. Leksana Andrews ‘22, a current Associate Recruiter at Addison Group, was one of those. She is a recent graduate of UMD and was a former student-athlete on the gymnastics team.
“Having been a part of Maryland Made, and having these resources given to me as an athlete, I definitely wanted to come back and do anything I can to give back,” Andrews said. “What they have here is really special.”
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