These 5 photos smash stigmas about mental health

Vargas started the project in order to counter the lack of representation of people of colour living with mental health issues.

In a bid to end the idea that mental illness is “a white person’s disease”, she opened up her project for submissions, creating a community of support and visibility.

She’s received hundreds of submissions, many of which joined in using the hashtags #NoStigma and #NoDiscrimination.