Jayvein is a student leader at Fayetteville State University where he is the founder of their NAMI campus affiliate. He is active in the community, his church, and shares his survivor story of resilience and mental health treatment for trauma and substance use. He is eager to support others in their recovery journey to whole person centered wellness. Jayvein has been educating agencies and community-based organizations who are willing to support youth/young adults receiving mental health, substance use and/or trauma-related services.
Jayvein has promoted recovery-oriented systems of care by advocating for meaningful youth/young adult participation as full partners in service planning and systems level decision-making and advocating for a system-wide oriented change through youth-led/guided approaches that is trauma-informed, promotes positive youth development and person centered pathways to mental wellness and substance use recovery.