Fashionably ill ®

Alt text: Alt text: 2 women (one Caucasian) and one Asian /Hispanic looking sitting by a fireplace on black leather couches. Both are smiling; woman on left is wearing brown dress, has brown eyes. Woman on right has black hair, black eyes, baby blue dress. Bottom banner on the left says "Whitney Reynolds Show 10/26 at 6:30 pm." On the right, text says "Jessica Gimeno" in grey letters. Below are logos for Lakeshore PBS, Amazon Prime, PBS Video App.

Time flies! This memory came up in my feed – back when I was on The Whitney Reynolds Show six years ago talking about life with chronic illness.

Art Community Disability invisible illness mental health Stigma

October 30, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Join Me and other Artists at MadMade Print Fair (November 14) in Chicago!

I have some good news to share! I found out I was accepted into the MadMade Print Fair. You can see my art and other artists–participating artists have psychiatric disabilities and/or mental health challenges…

Advocacy Community Disability mental health Work

October 5, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Hear me speak October 7 at 2 pm CST about CESSA, mental health legislation

This Wednesday (October 7), I will be co-presenting about CESSA, Illinois’s mobile crisis response system, and how you can get involved if you are interested in seeing more people who are in mental / behavioral health crisis get local mental /behavioral health supports. You can register for the event here:

Celebrities Laughter TV Show Styles

October 5, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Come watch me on October 7 at 7 pm CST on Beverly Hills 90210 Podcast!

I’ll be returning to the Beverly Hills 90210 Podcast as a panelist on October 7 at 7 pm CST… you can also set up an alert so you are notified when the episode airs here. Click on the bell that says “Notify me.’ We’ll be reviewing my friend, Larry Mollin’s trilogy, The Pool Guy’s Kid.

Art mental health

October 1, 2026 JessicaGimeno

My Art Work; MadMade Print Fair

UDPATE: I have some news – As I wrote about below, I entered my art work for the MadMade Print

chronic illness Disability Stigma Strangers

August 12, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Jessica Gimeno says…What Happened to You?

says "Advancing the Field of Alternative Response 2026 Convening Chicago, IL June 4-5" in caps lock letters that are navy blue and light blue. Subheading says "Built by Community: Chicago's Path to Alternative Response." Features purple circles with 7 people's faces--leaders in alternative response. Bottom right circle shows Asian-Latina looking woman wearing purple sweater with long black hair. Her name reads "Jessica Gimeno, Access Living."

Advocacy mental health Work

June 3, 2026 JessicaGimeno

I’m Speaking on June 5 in Chicago (Alternative Response)

This week, I will be speaking at the Advancing the Field of Alternative Response 2026 Convening in Chicago (June 4 – 5) hosted by the Policing Project at NYU Law, Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS) at Georgetown Law and the Alternative Mobile Services Association…

Image of woman with black hair pulled back, black eyes, wearing blue bandage top. Headline in blue letters says "Depression, Ghosting & Bipolar Disorder."

Friendship invisible illness mental health Stigma

May 15, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Depression, Ghosting and Bipolar Disorder (FBF Video)

Have you ever ghosted someone due to mental illness or been ghosted by somebody?

Advocacy Autoimmune chronic illness Diagnosis Disability fatigue invisible illness pain

March 3, 2026 JessicaGimeno

Rare Disease Day 2026

Recently I spoke at Rare Disease Day; in 2026, February 28 is the official date for Rare Disease Day. I have been living with myasthenia gravis for 18 years, which is a neuromuscular autoimmune disease that impacts fewer than 1 in 100,000 people

chronic illness Community Uncategorized

February 17, 2026 JessicaGimeno

5 Reasons People Abandon a Sick Friend

In October 2008, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed and hospitalized for myasthenia gravis, MG, a neuromuscular autoimmune hurricane disease. One of my long-time friends since high school, Ken, told me he would visit me at the hospital right away. I waited. And waited. Two weeks somehow became five years.