Rachel Streiff

I was an engineer for 27 years.

I worked as a industrial, chemical, and biomedical engineer.

That's what I did for a long time.

And it pains me to see the inefficiency in the system.

And that's probably why I'm so driven to fix this thing.

We're not looking at the right outcomes.

We are spending money on the wrong thing.

And it's wasteful.

It's not just wasteful with our finances and our tax dollars.

It's wasteful neglect and inhumanity.

Ultimately, it's going to be lawmakers and it's also going to be medical schools and the field of psychiatry.

And I hate labeling government or a medical field as an enemy because we need them.

Our lives depend on this.

Our loved one's lives depend on this.

We absolutely need good skilled psychiatrists and we need lawmakers to understand serious mental illness, both the criminal justice implications and the access to care that is needed and to realize that we are going to pay for it either way.

And we need to stop lying about what's happening.

This sugarcoating that mentally ill people aren't dangerous, this everybody can recover.

It's just a matter of

you know, will or talking it out.

These are serious medical conditions that require treatment, that require good doctors, that require good lawyers, that require a solid system of care.