Jessie Close, the younger sister of actress Glenn Close, is an internationally recognized speaker, author, poet, and advocate for mental health reform, whose own battle with bipolar disorder illustrates the critical need for early diagnosis and treatment. She authored The Warping of Al and Resilience. Jessie has received awards from the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health America, the Jed Foundation Award, and The McLean Award. She speaks with great passion and humor on a subject with which she is intimately familiar