Beyond The Bars

National Alliance on Mental Illness Babu Mathew is the President on the Board of Directors at NAMIColorado. He grew up in India. Before moving to the U.S.A. in1994, he had over 2 decades of experience in Sales &Marketing in the Printing & Graphic Arts Industry in India. Hislife would change forever back in 2010, when his daughterwas diagnosed of Anxiety & Depression. He had beenintimately involved in supporting her journey and her path towellness, ever since. During 2013-14, he had collaborated withthe support groups of Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance(DBSA). Babu found “a home” in NAMI in 2015 and ever since,has been a part of the local NAMI Family Support group. Heand his wife have taken the NAMI Family-to-Family training.Babu is a certified Teacher for the NAMI Family-to-Family &Family and Friends programs and has taken the Mental HealthFirst Aid training, as well. For 2 years from 2014, he led aRefugee Mentoring Project from his Church in collaborationwith Lutheran Family Services