Born This Way Foundation
Born This Way Foundation, co-founded and led by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, supports the mental health of young people and works with them to build a kinder and braver world. Through high-impact programming, youth-led conversations, and strategic, cross-sectoral partnerships, the Foundation aims to make kindness cool, validate the emotions of young people, and eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health. Learn how the Foundation encourages people to practice kindness toward themselves and their communities through its website bornthisway.foundation and its storytelling platform Channel Kindness at channelkindness.org.www.bornthisway.foundation
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Sep 22, 2026
Cam CaswellHOST
You want to help them, support them, but everything you try backfires and you're not sure what to do next.
Cam CaswellHOST
My guest today is Rachel Martin, Chief Operating Officer of the Born This Way Foundation that was founded by Lady Gaga and her mom, Cynthia.
Cam CaswellHOST
It's based on the simple science that kindness protects mental health.
Cam CaswellHOST
And for over a decade, Rachel's helped turn that idea into real programs for teenagers.
Cam CaswellHOST
Today, she's going to share what the Born This Way Foundation has learned about teen mental health and what they really need from us parents to feel supported and thrive even when it feels impossible to get through.
Cam CaswellHOST
Before we get into it, I want to let you know I see how hard you're trying with your teen.
Cam CaswellHOST
You're listening to the podcast, collecting tips from Instagram, trying the scripts and the strategies, but if you're like most parents, you probably still feel like you're guessing when it comes to your own teen.
Cam CaswellHOST
I work with the Ryan Bartel Foundation.
Joshua EyerHOST
Now, let's get back to the interviews.
Joshua EyerHOST
In our second interview, host Dr. Jorge Cienfuegos Sale is joined by Dr. Claudia Santi Fernandez, who is the lead author on the second article in the series, Partnering with Young People to Address the Mental Health Crisis from Research to Action, co-authored with Francesca Genitasio and Sophia Green of the Born This Way Foundation.
Joshua EyerHOST
Dr. Fernandez is an assistant clinical professor at the Child Study Center and Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science in the Yale School of Medicine.
Joshua EyerHOST
She is also the vice president of research and evaluation at Born This Way Foundation, an organization co-founded and led by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Bissett Germanotta, to empower and inspire young people to build a kinder, braver world that supports their mental health and well-being.
Joshua EyerHOST
The article describes the work of Dr. Fernandez and Born This Way to build a youth-led participatory action research program that engages youth as experts and team members to maximize the effectiveness of efforts to improve youth mental health.
Joshua EyerHOST
[upbeat music] Well, welcome back to the Health Psychology Podcast.
Joshua EyerHOST
And today, as part of our special series on population health, we are diving into the critical intersection of youth-led research and actionable mental health solutions.
Joshua EyerHOST
Joining me, and I'm very excited to introduce this wonderful scholar and clinician, is Dr. Claudia Santi Fernandez.