Ja’el Wright is a therapist, advocate and entrepreneur. She found her passion for mental health when she was in high school facing the adversity of having mental health issues as an African American. Ja’el’s other passions include research, advocacy and activism. Ja’el found her passion for research while attending the illustrious Claflin University in which she was a prominent research scholar for Claflin’s Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement funded by the National Institute of Health ’and the University of South Carolina’s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. Ja’el’s previous research included the linkage between social media and mental health as well as cultural inequity in entrepreneurship. Her most recent literature review was on the strong black woman syndrome, studying the miseducation of mental health among African American women. Her personal mission is to educate BIPOC communities on the importance of mental health, improve cultural competence in mental health settings and inspire the next generation of black mental providers.