Wentworth Miller, Active Minds Ambassador 

Actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller has joined Active Minds as an Active Minds Ambassador to help combat the stigma faced by those struggling with issues surrounding mental health.

He is a passionate advocate for suicide prevention and mental health awareness.

As someone who knows what it’s like to struggle with depression, I want to help give voice to the many people living with mental health issues. I want to help assure them that they’re not alone.

“These issues can be hard to discuss. It can be hard to start the conversation. So letting people know that it’s okay to ask for help is extremely important.

"I’m really proud to be part of the Active Minds’ movement for change, especially because college was a difficult time for me. This organization does so much for students, and that kind of work is close to my heart.”

Born in the United Kingdom, raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Princeton University, Wentworth Miller is an actor and screenwriter whose credits span both television and feature film.

Perhaps best known for playing "Michael Scofield" on Fox’s hit series PRISON BREAK from 2005 to 2009, Wentworth received a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama" in 2006. PRISON BREAK is set to return to TV screens in the spring of 2017.

Wentworth\'s first original screenplay, STOKER, was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures and Scott Free Productions and premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. STOKER was directed by Chan-wook Park and starred Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, and Matthew Goode. Wentworth currently appears as "Leonard Snart/Captain Cold" on the CW\'s THE FLASH and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW.

TK Truong from Active Minds at UCLA says:

"There\'s a lot of senselessness in the world - whether it\'s a suicide that could have been prevented or a mental illness that you have no control over.  Active Minds helps me make sense of all this senselessness.  It\'s helped me make meaning from tragedy..."