Mandy (she/her) always loved comedy and wanted to be closer to the action, so she started her improv journey at the end of 2021, taking a level 1 improv class at The Second City in Chicago. She immediately fell in love with all of the ways improv is handy in day to day life, and how it’s an incredible body/brain connector. Wanting to continue studying improv in Nashville, and as a person in therapy for anxiety, Mandy was encouraged by her therapist to take Improv for Anxiety through Unscripted in early 2022. That further fueled her love for all the ways improv can connect you to yourself as much as it can to others. Afterwards, she went on to take a couple more classes at The Second City and graduate from the improv program at the Third Coast Training Center, but she never stopped thinking about Improv for Anxiety, and she’s thrilled to now be teaching with Unscripted.