What if a first-year student could completely reshape how a university talks about mental health? Jasmine Scott didn’t just imagine it, she built it. From reviving a dormant club to leading its expansion beyond campus, Jasmine’s journey exposes what’s really possible when students are empowered to lead.
Mental health’s still a taboo subject for many, especially in communities of color. But Jasmine’s story pushes past stigma, growing both a thriving campus support group and an LLC with a bigger purpose.
Curious how Jasmine fostered peer mentorship, juggled adversities, and learned to say “yes” when everyone else said “no”? Her strategies and mindset will challenge what you think students can accomplish and how lasting change really happens at university.
Episode Highlights:
22:55 - So now we have the club at Marquette, right, that is being led by current students and now we have the business or the LLC that is being run by the four of us who started it. So we are running that so that we can put different black minds at different universities, right? So it's still going to be that community, that connection with peer to peer leadership, right? So we were really appealing to the students with that aspect... Like, we did it, right? Like we started it. I didn't like public speaking. I didn't like all these things, but it flourished, right? So I can say, like, you can do it, too.
32:27 - To trust where they are, trust where your kid is, trust that they will call you, that they will text you if they need something. But other than that, they're in good hands, right?... The more you let go, the more they're able to explore who they truly are really, and who they really connect with.
35:52 - They believe in our mission, they're helping us, they're caring to us. And so it... Ah, yeah. So it just makes me emotional, but it's really... I say those two are really big ones freshman senior year.
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