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VP, NAMI Virginia Board Lived Experience (Suicide) Educator & Advocate Author
AnneMoss Rogers is a mental health speaker and trainer specialising in suicide, addiction prevention, and post-traumatic growth after loss or tragedy. She is the author & co-author of two books - <i>Diary of a Broken Mind</i> and <i>Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk</i>.
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<p>AnneMoss Rogers is a mental health speaker and trainer specialising in suicide, addiction prevention, and post-traumatic growth after loss or tragedy. She keynotes at conferences and speaks at workplaces, universities, and schools, helping build resilience, peer support, and a culture of well-being.</p> <p>After her 20-year-old son, Charles, became addicted to heroin and died by suicide in 2015, AnneMoss wrote her award-winning memoir, <i>Diary of a Broken Mind</i>, and co-authored the Amazon bestseller <i>Emotionally Naked: A Teacher's Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk</i> with Dr. Kimberly O'Brien, now translated into three languages.</p> <p>AnneMoss has been a TEDx speaker, was featured in a Gold award-winning Zero Suicide Documentary, the New York Times, and Variety Magazine. She was the first non-clinician invited to speak at the National Institute of Mental Health on suicide. She has also been interviewed by CNN's Erin Burnette on teen mental health and served as an editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.</p> <p>A UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, AnneMoss currently resides in Richmond, VA.</p>