Author Talk: Dior Vargas, Mental Health Activist & Editor

Name: Author Talk: Dior Vargas, Mental Health Activist & Editor
Start: 2025-04-28T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-28T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Harlem Library

Schedule

Mon Apr 28 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Harlem Library | New York, NY

Dior Vargas, MPH, is a mental health activist with over fifteen years of experience in advocacy. She is the editor of The Color of My Mind.
About this Event

Dior Vargas, MPH, is a mental health activist with over fifteen years of experience in advocacy. She works with universities, organizations, and companies to discuss self-care advocacy, wellness accessibility, and diversity within mental health.

Dior Vargas is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of BIPOC in the media representation of mental illness. She is the editor of The Color of My Mind, a photo book based on the photo project.

Dior has received numerous awards, including the White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations under the Obama Administration. Dior delivers speaking engagements across the country, and her work and insight have been covered in media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, and Newsweek.

She was listed in the City & State Mental Health Power 50 List and was featured in the CBS Special, Essential Heroes: A Momento Latino Event. Dior has a BA in the Study of Women and Gender from Smith College, a MS in Publishing from Pace University, and an MPH from New York University.

She was born and raised in New York City and still lives there.

Please join us as we welcome mental health activist and editor Dior Vargas.

There will be time after the presentation for a Q & A session. And limited copies of The Color of My Mind will be available to borrow and/or purchase.

Date: Monday, April 28

Time: 5 PM - 6 PM

Location: Harlem Library (Community Room), 9 W 124th St, New York, NY 10027

Please Register online using the provided QR code or on our Harlem library events page listed below:

https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/04/28/author-talk

If space is available, walk-ins will be accepted. No ticket purchase necessary, only registration/sign-up.

*ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected].