Photo credit: YANNI RUTH CHIN

IMPACT 0153: TURNING HER “STRUGGLE” TO BE A PERFECT YOUTH INTO MUSIC

Yanni Ruth Chin, or YAN, 21, is a singer-songwriter who hopes to use her music to connect with and be a source of solidarity for people living with mental health conditions. She has performed for NKF’s Kidney We Care: Let’s Revolutionise! fundraiser to raise community awareness about kidney disease, and actively engages with her followers on social media through video series like “HTHT”, or “Heart To Heart Talk”.

 

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“SOMEONE’S DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY MAY LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER PERSON’S AND THAT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL, AND OKAY.”

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“DON’T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR OWN STRUGGLES. OWN, ACCEPT, AND GET THROUGH THEM WITH AN OPEN MIND.”

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This article was published on Sep 4, 2021

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