About Front Seat Life, LLC
Front Seat Life, LLC was created in 2015 by founder Kelly Marie Wofford. Front Seat Life, LLC is dedicated to eliminating the stigma of addressing mental health and emotional well-being, with a focus on communities of color.
Front Seat Life, LLC programs:
Mental Health Coaching. One-on-One peer coaching where clients work to decrease stress to increase mental health.
Color of Crazy Series. A panel discussion held at community centers and churches, featuring community members with mental health challenges.
Destination Relaxation: Half day emersion experience where participants get to take a dive into the mental health recovery process.
Faith Leaders Mental Health Roundtable: Currently under production. A monthly discussion with faith leaders on addressing mental health within their congregations.
Seminars:
· Living Life in the Front Seat
· Mental Health & Mental Illness: Different challenges, equally important
· Life After Death: Learning to live again after an interrupted suicide
· Mental Health in Communities of Color: It’s time to talk about “family business”
Workshops:
· Managing my mental health: Developing a plan of action to address individual mental health
· I pray. Isn’t that enough?: Seeking help from a faith perspective
· Mental health: A whole body approach.
About Kelly Marie Wofford
Kelly Marie Wofford is an advocate, a teacher, and a storyteller. Kelly Marie is the founder and principal of Front Seat Life, LLC, an organization dedicated to eliminating barriers to mental health and wellness. Living with borderline personality disorder, chronic depression & generalized anxiety, Kelly Marie a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and lived suicide experiences, uses her own life to educate and empower others. Encouraging people to “Be the Light” she creates space to share stories and strategies with other survivors, caregivers, advocates and health professionals. In her many leadership roles in Buffalo, New York, Kelly Marie, elevates the importance of mental health care access and reducing the stigmas related to seeking support, especially in BIPOC communities.
Kelly Marie is the inaugural director of the Erie County Department of Health’s Office of Health Equity (ECOHE), founded in 2021 to help marginalized and diverse populations in Erie County achieve maximum health and wellness. Her career has centered health engagement and advocacy. Prior to establishing the ECOHE, Kelly led community relations at Erie County Medical Center as well as communications efforts and mental health advocacy for the Buffalo Center for Health Equity. Her leadership also helped create the University at Buffalo’s Community Health Equity Research Institute.
Kelly Marie volunteers throughout her community serving on the board of directors of several organizations dedicated to community health, serves as an elder with Impacting Love Global Ministries and is a class chair of Leadership Buffalo class of 2017. Due to her dedication to mental health and racial equity, Kelly Marie was named a 2021 LISC Rubinger Fellow. Kelly Marie has already made a lasting impact on racial equity education and training in Buffalo, and her commitment to reducing barriers to mental health care access is timely and suggests significant impact to come.