Our Story
“It all started my senior year of high school when I was diagnosed with sever anxiety after having multiple panic attacks. From this, I had to take off from school and deal with my mental health. Before I experienced this, I never knew how much mental health really matters.
Now, in college, one of my best friends (Faith) and I bonded over our interest in mental health awareness and decided to build a business around it. That is how we came up with Mederi Brand. Mederi meaning in latin, ‘to heal and become whole.’”
- Ari De Santis, Founder, 2023.
Our business, Mederi Brand, has a focus around awareness for mental health in general. We have three services: blog, apparel, and boxes.
MEDERI BLOG with the blog, we want to write and share our experiences with mental health and how we deal with it, and also share others experiences
MEDERI APPAREL all of our apparel will be mental health awareness related
MEDERI BOXES these (subscription) boxes will be curated for certain mental illnesses, whether it be anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, etc.. For example, with anxiety, a box might contain a book on how to deal with anxiety, a jewelry item from a company that donates proceeds to mental health causes, fidget gadgets, a paint by numbers set, etc.
“I think it’s really important to take the stigma away from mental health… My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don’t know why I wouldn’t seek help to have those things be as healthy as my teeth.”