In this week’s newsletter the USWNT defender talks about how losing her teammate Katie Meyer to suicide led to a mental health movement for players
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One year ago, under “what do I want to do this year?” I wrote “start a mental health movement with Common Goal” in my journal. This was nearly a year after losing my best friend and Stanford teammate, Katie Meyer, to suicide in March 2022.
Her death hit hard. Really hard. After she died, I felt called to do something that could have helped a younger Katie. I didn’t want anyone else’s family, friends or communities to have to go through something so tragic.