(43) OF 122 FEATURED BLACK AUTHOR FROM AROUND THE WORLD MEET AUTHOR BOBBYE WAGNER

Bobbye Wagner author, speaker, movie producer and director is passionate about telling her story and is an advocate for creating awareness about mental illness. In her debut memoir “Under The Pink Canopy,” she discusses the effects of growing up as a child of a mother who had mental illness. She discusses the traumas that lingered from her childhood and how it chartered her course through life, her career and motherhood. Bobbye has over 30 years of experience in broadcast engineering and Faith-Based Media Ministries.

Bobbye has also used her experiences to create a nonprofit, The Pink Canopy Foundation and to direct and produce “The Pink Canopy.” “The Pink Canopy” the documentary about her mothers struggle with mental illness. The film focuses on her mother, a woman of color's journey diagnosed as bipolar; her multiple treatments of shock therapy; being pulled away from her family and ultimately losing her license to teach in Iowa.

Bobby’s work has been featured in Houston Style Magazine, National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month , ABC, CBS in Houston. TX, The Historic KCOH Radio in Houston, TX Omaha’s WOWT and several faith-based conferences. Bobbye is also a proud graduate of Grandview University where she received her B A in Mass Communications.

Speaking Topics/Titles:

Life as a child of a parent with mental illness.

Living life on the move.

Mental Illness