TURN YOUR NAME INTO A LEGACY
As a child, wandering through cemeteries taught me how easily a name can be forgotten. That lesson stayed with me: everyone deserves to be seen, heard, valued, and remembered. DEEP Coalition was born to help people write and share their thoughts, feelings, and perspectives, honoring the everyday moments and milestones that shape a life. Building a community rooted in shared values, and empowering each individual to define their own legacy, can begin with a single question: What’s the story behind your name?
~ Katiya Xiong, Founder & Chief Voice Development Officer
MENTAL HEALTH PLEDGE
Addressing mental health and building a meaningful legacy start with owning your voice—and creating this worthwhile impact requires all of us. Real change happens when communities lead together. Take the pledge and support DEEP Coalition’s mission to help 10,000 people each year write their name stories. By taking one simple action, you can help us to develop stronger voices, strengthen local communities, and inspire more fulfilling lifestyles through creative expression and collective leadership.
Let’s NormalizeVoice Through WritingAcross School, Work, & Life
Superintendents
You shape the culture of your district. About 1 in 5 children ages 3–17 have a diagnosed mental, emotional, or behavioral condition. Become a partner and use reflective storytelling to strengthen student identity, belonging, and wellness, helping students and their families, including staff feel seen, supported, and connected.
MAYORS
You shape local community culture. Youth in your community face rising mental health challenges, with anxiety and depression affecting roughly 1 in 6 adolescents. By joining us, you can foster belonging among residents through storytelling that’s relateable, inspiring people of all backgrounds to share their experiences and strengthen civic connection.
community leaders
You influence neighborhoods and local organizations. Many civic leaders face high stress that affects decision-making and community engagement. Through partnership with us, you can go deeper with impact to foster belonging, trust, and resilience across groups.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
You influence campus life and student success. Nearly 38% of college students report symptoms of depression. Partnering with us unlocks tools to help students celebrate and build confidence in the present and into the future, enabling them to lead with purpose and motivating them to evolve into a better version of who they are and what they want to be.
CEOS
You set the tone for workplace culture and good leadership. Over 60% of U.S. employees report feeling stressed at work. Your involvement as a partner helps us helps you support employees, customers, investors, and other stakeholders to express themselves authentically yet meaningfully, contributing to their overall mental health, everyday engagement, and creativity.
c-suite executives
You work across the organization, influencing multiple departments. Nearly 1 in 5 managers face depression or high stress that can impact their leadership. Let’s work together to cultivate teams grounded in reflection and connection, helping leaders reconnect with their character, their role, and how both align with the organization’s core values.
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Empowering YoutH
“I had the privilege of collaborating with DEEP Coalition on The Story of My Name workshop during our IB Unit “Who We Are” at XinXing Academy. Their founder, Katiya Xiong, designed a creative writing experience that invited students to reflect deeply on the meaning of their names and express who they are through personalized name acronyms and avatars. The activity connected beautifully with our IB focus on identity, culture, and self-expression. It was incredible to see every child light up with pride as they shared their stories—discovering that their names carry meaning, history, and love from their families.
Katiya and her team’s passion for helping students find their voices was evident throughout the project. She created a joyful, safe space where students felt seen, heard, and valued. Their work not only enriches classrooms with meaningful learning but also fosters empathy, confidence, and connection among students and families.
I am so grateful for the collaboration and wholeheartedly recommend this workshop to any educator looking to build a more inclusive and authentic classroom community.”
~ Lin Niu
Teacher, Eisenhower Elementary
Empowering college students
“The branding and voice development bootcamp ultimately helped me honor my voice and develop the confidence I needed to post my first post on Linkedin. I was also able to meet peers from across the world, which helped me recognize global perspectives possible for Linkedin. I recommend joining this bootcamp because each day is packed with extremely helpful information and you never know who you might meet. Each class leaves you a different person with a deeper understanding of your voice’s unique power.”
~ Saki Kogawa
Student, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Empowering employees
“As an employee near retirement, I didn’t expect one experience to transform the way I think, feel, and behave, but How to Become a #DeepVoice the ‘Write’ Way course has done exactly that.
This course helped me reconnect with my own creative expression in a way I hadn’t accessed in years. Through public writing, guided reflection, and the surprisingly profound practice of using custom avatars to explore different facets of my voice, I’ve developed a clarity and confidence that now shows up in every area of my life.
Sharing my voice on LinkedIn, something I once saw as a chore and reserved only for marketers and influencers, has become a meaningful ritual that supports my everyday mental health. It’s grounded me, given me space to process my experiences, and helped me show up for my team and community with more authenticity and steadiness.
What I appreciate most is that this course isn’t just about public writing; it’s about learning to lead from the inside out. The tools I’ve gained have strengthened my communication, expanded my influence, and deepened my ability to listen and uplift others.”
~ Diane Shikrallah
Strategic Benefits Consultant, EA Kaplan Group Health Specialists
Empowering leaders
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~ Emille Bryant
President & Founder, go:IKIGAI LLC
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DEEP Coalition provides a clear, accessible pathway for students, employees, and leaders to support their mental health through creative expression. Our guided practices rooted in reflection, journaling, public writing, and storytelling help individuals build confidence, process emotions, and strengthen their sense of identity. Through a supportive community and values-driven network spanning school, work, and life, participants develop deeper communication, connection, and collaboration skills. By nurturing emotional wellbeing and authentic self-expression, we empower people to grow as grounded, purposeful leaders who can serve their communities with clarity and compassion.