When I won the 1st place in the DBSA 2009 Facing Us Video Contest, I could not of envisioned/believed how much positive empowerment that little video would bring myself and others. The truth is… I thought after I got the prize money that would be the end of the video.

Not so fast!  That video helped me get to my first DBSA conference in 2010… Being there lead me to being able to do Stand -up comedy for the first time… I thought, “cool” nothing else could come from the video right…?

Quick Pre- DBSA 2011 National Conference and Mental Health Heroes- Video Update’s By Me, Chato Stewart.

When I was at the DBSA 2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE I got to try for the  first time in my life, STAND-UP.  I was in Chicago “celebrating” the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance’s 25th year of peer support, and doing STAND-UP comedy to a crowd of 400 people!!!