Lanna Micukic, MHA, is a quality improvement analyst, philanthropist, continuous educator, mental health advocate, and bi-lingual speaker. She’s spent nearly a decade working in youth-related programming to engage young people in intentional, productive, and constructive ways while recognizing and enhancing their strengths. Lanna’s ability to relate to people has allowed her to tackle different career projects in customer service, business strategy, database development, and quality improvement. Her current platform will enable her to strengthen the professional development of today’s colleagues as she simultaneously works on building tomorrow’s future leaders within her career at the Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine. Her passion and expertise lie in wanting to create a holistic approach to addressing mental health by looking at the whole person and evaluating their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual needs. Lanna sits on the board of directors as Communicator in Chief, as she believes coming together for our youth will aid us in beating the stigma surrounding mental health. Additionally, she whole heartedly promotes the practice of yoga, meditation, and self-care.