Mental health is deeply personal to Elinor and the MEandMine team. As a first-generation immigrant studying at MIT, she lost a classmate to suicideโa tragedy that underscored the 11-year gap between the onset of symptoms and receiving treatment. โ
"๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซโ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐?""What if we could recognize the signs 11 years earlierโwhat could have changed?"
โThat โwhat ifโ became the spark behind MEandMine. We are a team of psychologists, game designers, technologists, and parents on a shared mission to: create scalable, research-backed solutions that scale mental & behavioral health before crisis hits.