In this episode, Anjana and Anya, two high school students from New Jersey, discuss their program 'Connected'aimed at promoting awareness of the mental health struggles that often accompany the academic pressures that high achieving secondary students sometimesfeel.

Anjana and Anya share their experiences and insights on creating this high school public awareness campaign and discuss how their work has inspired peer scholarsto prioritize their mental health wellbeing.

Anjana and Anya emphasize the importance of students developing time management skills and not overextendingthemselves academically and/or in other activities. They also highlight the potential for increasing the number of students supporting their campaign and connectingtheir organization/campaign with other schools and organizations to further their mission to reduce academic stress.

Liz Warner, Co-Founder of the School Culture and Climate Initiative (SCCI), also discusses the work that SCCI does within schools to increase opportunities, such as those experienced by Anjana and Anya, to develop student leadership capabilities which, in turn, can have an overall positive impact on school culture and climate.

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