Cecilia McGough puts a face to schizophrenia and helps empower college
students through the upcoming non-profit Students With Schizophrenia.
Students With Schizophrenia: http://sites.ps.Cecilia McGough is an astronomer, activist, and writer as a Penn State
Schreyer Honors College scholar pursuing a major in Astronomy &
Astrophysics. Cecilia is the founder and current president of the Penn
State Pulsar Search Collaboratory. She has been participating in pulsar
research continuously since December of 2009, co-discovering pulsar
J1930-1852 with the widest orbit ever observed around another neutron
star, competing in the International Space Olympics held in Russia, and
co-authoring her research in the Astrophysics Journal. Cecilia is a
mental health activist in fighting against the negative stigma towards
mental illness. She is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of
the soon to launch non-profit Students With Schizophrenia which is the
only non-profit in the United States focused on empowering college
students with schizophrenia.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but
independently organized by a local community.
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