Michelle Fayed is a firefighter/paramedic and 19-year veteran of the fire service. She is the statewide family/caregiver support coordinator for the Florida Firefighter Safety and Health Collaborative. Fayed is a national trainer for Mental Health First Aid USA and content developer of the organization’s fire/EMS specialty module. At the request of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, she advocated for support and funding of mental health awareness education at Congressional staff briefings in Washington, D.C. Fayed has spoken about mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder and moral injury in the emergency services at numerous local, regional and national conferences.