Erica says: "I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at 24 when I gave up trying to be an independent adult and collapsed at my mother's house. The diagnosis raised, and continues to raise, as many questions as it answered. After more than 20 years of living with bipolar disorder, I still encounter new challenges every day and every day, I face those challenges, grow and thrive."

When Erica isn't working in our community, she's working in the technology department of an investment bank, drawing, pretending to write fiction, or shopping.