Q: Speaking of relationships, you have a relationship with NAMI and they are the charity that you’re choosing to champion. So, can you tell us a little bit about them and why you chose them?
Cabana: My father has depression and bipolar disorder, and he treats it every day. My dad tried to take his own life. He was very sick and diagnosed with bipolarism at a young age, before I never really knew about it. He had depression issues and he stopped taking the medication and he tried to take his own life. And it was more a cry of help than trying to take his own life. He got sent down to a place for rehab to figure out this stuff and started working with NAMI.
NAMI kind of saved his life. He has been working with them, I’d say, for the past five years now. They’ve helped him build a life — knowing about the sickness and disease of mental illness. If I can help awareness any way I can, it’s very close to my heart, obviously, and it is the least I can do.
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