Myriam Joseph-Schilz

Myriam (she/her) is a rising junior at Barnard College, where she is studying human rights, sociology, and German. She is passionate about social justice and advocacy in all forms. In her free time, she loves biking and walking aimlessly through the city and cooking. She is so excited to join the HereNow team and learn more about mental health advocacy!


Articles by Myriam Joseph-Schilz

Everything Sucks! Now What?

Every so often it seems like nothing is going right. Maybe you overslept, missed an important test, and then went ...

YA Novels with Themes of Mental Health

Books have always been an important way to make sense of the world. In particular, when I was feeling in ...

Teen Self-Diagnosis: Why and Why Not

Social media has become a powerful tool to expand the conversation about mental health. For example, on TikTok, videos with ...

Social Media Habits

We all have access to phones, personal devices, and social media, and everyone uses them completely differently. I am often ...

6 TV Shows That Mean A Lot To Us

Hi everyone – we’re the HereNow Summer 2023 college interns, Jaclyn, Michelle, and Myriam. We spent a lot of time ...

Scaling the Mountain of Self-Motivation

Sometimes, it feels like a herculean task to sit down and do a specific task. Some days I would rather ...