I started Project Unlaced because I was that girl: the one struggling in silence, with no language for what I was experiencing and no community that met me where I actually was. When I was going through eating disorder recovery, the resources I found were built for people who were already in recovery. But I needed something while I was still in the middle of it. I needed someone to name what was happening, to tell me the world I was growing up in (the filtered feeds, the impossible standards, the digital culture that was never built with young women in mind) was making things harder. If I can help even one person feel a little less alone, then it will all be worth it.