Ava Grace

Ava Grace Duncan serves as a founding member and trusted voice on how our decisions land with real families. Growing up in a clinician household, she watched her community wrestle with stigma, cost, and confusion around mental health, and she saw how quickly a crisis could pull relatives into courts or DSS instead of therapy. Ava Grace brings that lived awareness into our outreach, communication, and family education efforts. She supports content development for trainings, advocacy materials, and digital resources that explain mental health funding in clear, everyday language. Her focus is on dignity and access, especially for Black families and other communities that have been overlooked or misunderstood by traditional systems. By keeping our language human, our examples relatable, and our tone judgment free, Ava Grace helps ensure families across North Carolina feel seen, respected, and welcomed when they contact us.