As a mental health activist, he’s the National Spokesperson for the Bell LET’S TALK Campaign and has been a guest speaker at more than 100 college campuses.
His work has been featured by The Huffington Post, MTV, CNN, The TODAY Show on NBC, Mashable and The Wall Street Journal.
As a 19 year old, his passionate TEDx talk entitled “Confessions of a Depressed Comic” went instantly viral online- with more than half a million views in less than 30 days. It continued to go on to amass more than 3,000,000 viewers and be featured on more than 200+ media outlets.
Mashable called it “one of the moments that brought the world together” and the Huffington Post said the talk was “simply amazing”.
Now, Kevin’s talk (which is one of the most watched TED talks ever- along side talks from the likes of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Sir Ken Robinson) has launched him in to doing more activism than ever.
He’s personally been a part of millions of dollars in mental health fundraising, has written opinion pieces for major media (CBS, CNN) and has shared the stage with Governors, professional athletes and celebrities.
Bringing a personality full warmth, humour and unparalleled honesty and channeling it in to topics people tend not to talk about, Kevin has become an in demand guest speaker at colleges and universities all over North America.