Hello, everyone.My name is Beto. I'm 40 years old, since I was 23 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. So this fact in my life actually drove my purpose to work within mental health. Nowadays, I'm working as an impact venture and ecosystem builder here in Brazil.

So being part of global Mental health Action Network has been an amazing experience and amazing opportunity to connect within other institutions throughout the world.

Hi, I'm Margianta, and I'm from Emancipate, Indonesia. What made me passionate about mental health is actually learning how intersectional it is and actually how it plays a part in social determinants in health in order to add to the wellbeing of young workers, which I'm fighting for in my foundation, Emancipate, Indonesia.

Hi, I'm Steph, head of Global Impact at Batyr. At Batyr, we run preventative mental health programs in schools, universities and communities for young people by young people.

In Australia, we train young people to learn how to share their lived experience stories in a really safe and impactful way to help others.

So in Australia, I'd say a lot of really good things are happening in the mental health space.

My name is Kyra Ballesteros, and I am the deputy for research and innovation with the volunteer-run, non-government, non-stock, and non-profit civil society organization, Mental Health PH, based in the Philippines.

The recently released Philippine Development Plan 2023-28 ensures that mental

health continues to be a priority area for investments, interventions, and for program and project-level funding across sectors.