Lacey Roy

GOAL-$5,000

Lacey is the owner of Full Bodied Health, a nutrition company focusing on the emotions that often hold us back as much as the food that makes up our nutrition. She loves to move through dance (West Coast Swing, Waltz and can't wait to learn the Bachata) and running when it's feeling good. As a fiery redhead Lacey loves to read, debate and "buck the system", she came here to change the world starting with the nutrition and health industries.

Lacey experienced Bipolar symptoms for over a decade, was a board member for NAMI Syracuse and founded a different support group for individuals with mental illness (focus on our capabilities BECAUSE of our symptoms versus most support groups which focus only on what's wrong and overcoming those challenges from an area of "less than").

The lack of equity and equality of mental health services as part of the medical community, her bipolar was diagnosed and re-diagnosed multiple times until a forward thinking endocrinologist tested for Iron Overload. A positive diagnosis overturned the bipolar symptoms and Lacey has been symptom free, virtually overnight, for two years.

Her mission is to bring awareness to the lack of parity in how mental health services are perceived, accountability and normalize mental health overall.

She has been sought for a TEDx talk and is working on the book of her story as well. In addition, her nutrition company is vocal on the impact food has.