Eating Disorders Affect Us All

About this Webinar:
This impactful presentation is about what it took Stephanie to go from invisible to visible in the eating disorders world, and how that informed her recovery journey. As she struggled with her eating disorder, Stephanie was also forced to grapple with what it meant to be a "brown girl" with a "white girl disease." The speaker was at once grateful for her ability to hide in plain sight, and angry that no one noticed her pain and struggle. All she wanted was to be noticed, to be confronted, and to be offered help. When that help was finally offered, Stephanie ran toward it.
Presenter Bios:
Stephanie Covington Armstrong, a Brooklyn native, is an author, playwright, screenwriter, ghostwriter, speaker and eating disorders advocate. She began her writing career as a playwright. Stephanie has sold television pilots and feature films. She has published numerous articles to name a few; Essence, Mademoiselle, Venice, NPR, The New York Times, ABC News and The HuffPo. She has been featured on ABC News, NBC News, and in Essence.com, Sheknows.com, Boston Globe, Washington Post, AOL Black Voices, MS magazine, Psychology Today, The Root, Medium, Refinery29, Marie Claire, Nylon, Verywellmind, Mirror-Mirror, Everyday Feminism, Civil Eats, and Daily Beast, among others. Stephanie’s groundbreaking memoir, Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat, a Story of Bulimia is the first book by an African American that addresses the link between eating disorders and sexual abuse.