I'll Go First® with Jessica Minhas

Tiffany Yu, Founder of Diversability, was only 9 years old when she was involved in a deadly accident that claimed her father’s life and left her partially paralyzed. In this episode, she shares how …

Chris Anderson is a childhood sexual abuse survivor. His story is all too common but not talked about enough. When people think of sexual trauma, they often don’t associate it with males, and yet sta…

Spiritual trauma can cut us to our core. In this episode, Tara-Leigh Cobble joins us. You may recognize her as the Founder and President of D Group, an international faith-based community, and "The B…

Rasheeda Winfield is a producer and casting director. At 25, she accomplished what most people can only dream of, working at NBC Universal, 30 Rock (Yup, that one.) In this episode, she shows us how …

Jordan Wexler is a serial entrepreneur. He sold his first company at 24-years-old, became the COO of Agility.io at 28, and is just launched his second company, Early Bird, all before the age of 30. I…

Nicky Yates’ story seems like it’s straight out of a fiction novel and yet it’s true. As a professional, Nicky is a forensic traumatologist and researcher on the nature of healing from trauma and dom…

Ivelyse Andino is an Afro-Latina health equity innovator born and raised in The Bronx. She is the founder and CEO of Radical Health and a Commissioner on the New York City Commission on Gender Equity…

Aaron Rodwin, LMSW, is a researcher on the use of hip hop and music to support empowerment and mental health. In this episode, he shares his journey of how his love for hip hop music started his care…

Jennifer Haron, child sexual abuse and incest survivor advocate, shares her personal story of escaping a house full of terror and sorrow. She walks us through what healing has looked like for her as …

Raleigh Sadler, president and founder of Let My People Go, makes the case that anyone can fight human trafficking by focusing on those who are most often targeted. In this episode, we discuss our rol…

For many of us, our early 20s are a time to find ourselves and figure out where we fit in this world. But Jennifer and Kevin Saunders didn’t have that chance. At age 23 years old, Jennifer gave birth…

Matthew Zachary, Founder of Stupid Cancer, and Off Scrip Media, was only 21-years old when he was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer. Matthew walks us through his journey of how his life changed afte…

In this episode, Michelle Ross, Founder of One Worry Less, speaks honestly and candidly about her experience of surviving childhood sexual abuse. She shares how she’s found healing, made meaning of h…

Depression can be overwhelming, and all-consuming. But it’s not the end of our stories. J Caleb Perkins, Founder of the Remedy Network, sits down with us to discuss his journey from college graduatio…

How do we care for ourselves while caring for others? Ruth Reader is a journalist for Fast Company and a NY Times published author. She grew up in a household of addiction and alcoholism. As soon as …

Think back to the moment that changed everything for you. What was it like? And what happened after? Kyle Mengelkamp is a brain aneurysm survivor. He’s also the Founder of the Brain Bar and Share You…

Who would shut down your online dating profile if you died today? After losing her father to cancer when she was nine, Liz cultivated a unique ability to talk about taboo topics with ease. Founder of…

Hip Hop Therapy? Yup, it's a real thing! In this episode, clinical psychologist, Elliot Gann, Psy.D joins us. He the Founder of Today's Future Sound which provides beat-making trauma therapy. We talk…

Amanda Burrill was told she was suffering from depression and anxiety for over a decade. What she was really suffering from was a misdiagnosis. In this episode, Amanda, a veteran Navy officer, and pr…

Welcome to I’ll Go First! We are so excited to have Derrick Reyes joining us for our very first episode! They are the Founder of Queerly Health, a New York City-based digital health startup on a miss…