Emma Garavini is a Senior Youth Involvement Officer at The McPin Foundation. At McPin, we believe mental health research is done and made best when people with lived experience of mental health issues and involved in the research itself to advise, guide and shape the research.

Emma is based in the Young People’s Team and works on several projects ensuring the voices of young people (aged 13-28) with lived experience of mental health issues are meaningfully involved in research. Her projects and work with young people cover the topics of: self-harm/suicidality, social media usage and influencers, young people who use and attend therapy/counselling and more. She also works on engagement with schools and youth organisations to involve young people with all experiences and demographics in mental health research.