Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller talks about growing up in an immigrant family and with a father with bipolar disorder. She is dedicated to combating the stigma against mental illness. Ms. Miller is an example of how one can grow up with a parent who has a serious mental illness, and not just survive, but thrive and achieve great things, perhaps empowered and inspired by your challenging life experiences.
“Just like myself, everybody’s been touched with a mental health disorder, whether it’s at a personal level or someone that we know and love,” Miller told 11 News.
For Miller, that someone was a central figure in her life.
“Ever since I was a child, I’ve been touched by it by the fact that my father suffered from bipolar disorder,” she said.
Not as much was known about mental health when Rao Katragadda immigrated to the U.S. from India. Miller described how, as a young child, she thought it was normal to have the extreme highs and lows her father would go through.
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