Emma Stone is helping kids struggling with mental health and learning disorders, and she’s pulling from her own experiences in the process. 

Recently, the actress joined the Board of Directors at the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating the stigmas attached to mental health issues. 

“I’m honored to join the board of the Child Mind Institute,” she said to People magazine. “This is a stigma-shattering organization I am deeply passionate about, and I’m looking forward to helping the Child Mind Institute continue to advance its critically important work.”

In 2017, Emma shared a personal video opening up about her battle with anxiety: “It’s so normal, everyone experiences a version of anxiety or worry in their lives and maybe we go through it in a different or more intense way, or for longer periods of time, but there’s nothing wrong with you,” she said in the video.

Her message to young children experiencing anxiety is: “To be a sensitive person that cares a lot that takes kids in in a deeper way is actually part of what makes you amazing… Don’t ever feel like you’re a weirdo for it because we’re all weirdos.”

We love you, Emma!