talking about your mental health is hard talking about your mental health at work is harder talking about your mental health to five almost total strangers on a pitch competition show is what you do when you know you have an idea that can change the world my name is Ariana Vargas I am the founder of stigma at stigma we use storytelling to change the way people think and talk about mental health last year U.S employers saw a 225 billion dollar loss in productivity as a result of poor employee Mental Health their response was more more checks for more apps and more benefits but the big problem is that no one is using them at stigma we provide companies with the content and the stories that destigmatize talking about mental health in the workplace and then match them with the benefits and services that their companies already pay for we're raising a million dollars to bring this unique style of Storytelling to the workplace