Natalie DeMasi was walking back to the sideline at a practice during her freshman year when she suddenly collapsed. She struggled with anxiety throughout high school but never fully understood what she was feeling until that moment. “I went to a trainer and they were like, ‘You’re having an anxiety attack,’” said DeMasi, a defender on Temple’s women’s soccer team. “And I thought, ‘Oh, this is what that is?’ I’ve been having these my whole life.” This led DeMasi to TUWell counseling, where she finally found a diagnosis for what she had been feeling for years. It was also where she discovered Morgan’s Message, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting mental health awareness among student-athletes. She immediately checked to see if Temple had a chapter, but there was none to be found. So she decided to start one. “I wanted it to be student-led,” DeMasi said. “It’s easy to hear it from a clinician or a therapist, but it’s different to hear it from someone who sits next to you in the locker ...