Based on a recent study from the Journal of Adolescent Health, adolescents with mental health symptoms are twice as likely to drop out compared to peers without. According to the Mental Health Association in NYS, youth ages 16–24 with mental health illnesses are four times less likely to be involved in activities like employment and college. This is why I started to work on my recent startup FloraMind with two of my closest friends Mahmoud Khedr and Danny Tsoi. We started a m