Victoria Garrick: Body-Image, Self-Love, and the Influences of Social Media

Former University of Southern California volleyball player and mental health advocate Victoria Garrick will discuss body image in the age of social media.
Garrick walked on to the #1 ranked USC volleyball team in 2015 and then became a four-year starter. She won a PAC-12 championship, made two NCAA Elite Eight appearances, finished first in the PAC-12 conference with the most total digs in 2018, and ended her career with the top five most digs in USC program history.
Despite a successful athletic career, the high-pressure environment and intense demands of the student-athlete schedule took a toll on her mental health. Garrick shared her story of battling and overcoming depression and anxiety as a student-athlete in her 2017 TED Talk, “The Hidden Opponent,” which has been viewed more than 200,000 times.