From tragedy to hope: How one family's mental health crisis sparked a mission to help others ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

From tragedy to hope: How one family's mental health crisis sparked a mission to help others ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

From left to right: Sylvester Alexis, Mina Tobias, Mädchen Amick, and David Alexis. In 2011, Sylvester Alexis was walking home from a frat party at UC Irvine when he witnessed the death of a fellow student. He helped to keep the student alive until the ambulance could get there, but the student ultimately passed away that night. At that time, he was a sophomore on an athletic scholarship with the university’s track team. Up until that point, eve…