Growing up in the Charleston, West Virginia area, Auti often felt like the proverbial square peg in a round hole. An old soul embodied in a teenager, Auti looked at life through a different lens. As schoolkids often do when they don’t understand something or see “differences,” they bullied her. When the bullying drove her close friend to commit suicide, Auti was set on a lifelong mission for change.

Award winning singer/songwriter and PMM Artist/Brand Ambassador Auti Gillispie shares with us her journey as an emerging artist and how she uses her music platform to drive awareness around suicide prevention and to promote anti-bullying campaigns.