Caroline Rothstein is a New York City-based writer, performer, and body empowerment advocate. She has performed spoken word poetry and facilitated workshops at colleges, schools, and performance venues around the United States for more than a decade. She hosts the YouTube series “Body Empowerment” sharing her own journey as a means to promote positive body image worldwide, and currently sits as President of the Board of Directors for the Mental Fitness, Inc., a national nonprofit organization committed to mental health and self-care. Her award-winning one-woman play “faith” about her experience with and recovery from an eating disorder debuted as part of the Culture Project’s Women Center Stage 2012 Festival, and received Outstanding Overall Production of a Solo Show in the 2012 Planet Connections Theatre Festivity.
She will be performing spoken word for us at the University of Connecticut in recognition of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in order to raise advocacy and promote positive body image and self-esteem. Please join us on 2/5 at 7 PM in the SU Theatre.
For more information, contact: Rebecca Uliasz at rebecca.uliasz@uconn.edu