Emma White

Emma White wears many hats in the suicide prevention and mental health and wellness space including the Author of "It's Not OK, but It Will Be- How I Survived Suicide and You Can, too", Host of the It Will Be Podcast, Professional Speaker, Founder and President of the Life Is Worth It Organization, and Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator and Expert. Graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2018, White has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Marketing, Communications, and Entrepreneurship as well as a second Degree in Psychology.

White is an accomplished advocate and mental health expert whose passionate voice and lived experience surviving suicide has gained national acclaim. Among many accomplishments, White is proud to have been selected as USA Today’s Nevada Woman of the Year Award for 2024, was the 2022 Winner of the Young Professional's Network 20 Under 40 Award, and the winner of the Jersey Mike's Sub Abover 2021 Award. White's TEDx talk is titled "Why We Need a National Health Curriculum to Prevent Suicide in Schools," which her nonprofit organization is actively working on to change the landscape of health education in U.S. schools. In her day job, she is the Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Nevada Department of Education and the Project Aware Manager for the Office of Suicide Prevention, where she specializes in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention strategies on local, state, and federal levels. "