Sahar Vasquez

Sahar Vasquez is a primary school teacher and mental health advocate from Belize and co-founder of Mind Health Connect Belize. Drawing on her lived experience of borderline personality disorder, OCD, ADHD, suicide survival, and addiction recovery, she advocates for more open conversations about stigma and access to support. In 2026, she celebrated five years of sobriety. Her advocacy experience includes speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, participating in international mental health discussions involving the Pan American Health Organization, and the Orygen Global Fellowship. She hopes to bring a Belizean and Caribbean lived-experience perspective to global mental health conversations.