Jazz Thornton survived a childhood of abuse, depression and chronic
suicidal thinking to go on to have international influence in
mental health and well-being, using her lived experience to help
other young people. She has become a successful author (Stop
Surviving Start Fighting), public speaker, award-winning web series
director (Jessica's Tree) and international mental-health advocate.
A movie about Jazz and the making of Jessica's Tree was released in
2020 - The Girl on the Bridge.
Jazz is also the co-founder, along with Genevieve Mora, of the
organisation Voices of Hope, which aims to remove the stigma around
mental illness, and to show that hope is real and recovery is
possible.
Jazz won Young New Zealander of the Year 2021 for her work.
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