How Instagram Saved My Life
After suffering through an eating disorder since first grade, Hana Branigan gained her life back again—and Instagram had everything to do with it.
Hana Brannigan is a fourth-year communication student at the University of California, Davis. She keeps very involved by being the Social Media Manager for The Body Project, a mental health club, at UC Davis; the Bike-A-Thon Chair for the Vietnamese Student Association; and the Editorial Director for Spoon University, a food publication. She thrives in meeting all sorts of unique people and learning their stories and being inspired by them. Hana wants to pursue a career in journalism so she can keep hearing people’s stories and helping people all around the world. She is hoping that could be through writing for a health magazine or having her own TV segment so she can make a large-scale impact and raise awareness around mental health and well-being.
After suffering through an eating disorder since first grade, Hana Branigan gained her life back again—and Instagram had everything to do with it.
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