The Alive Chapter Foundation was founded with the goal of raising awareness of eating disorders as mental health conditions. For a long time, these conditions have been misinterpreted and reduced to simple eating or aesthetic issues, when in reality they represent complex internal struggles that require psychological, emotional, and medical attention.

Our mission is to educate, accompany, and support those experiencing these struggles, as well as their families, by offering tools that allow them to understand that they are not alone. We want to dispel myths, eliminate stigma, and open a safe space where people can find information, guidance, and hope.

We understand that eating disorders are not resolved solely with food, but rather by addressing the emotional and mental roots that sustain them: anxiety, low self-esteem, perfectionism, trauma, and disconnection from oneself. Therefore, we work to focus the conversation on mental health rather than the body, emphasizing that recovery is possible with the right support.

The Alive Chapter Foundation also has a unique foundation: it was born from a personal story told in the book "A Girl Alone in New York," written by our founder Tiffany Padilla. This work, written from a place of vulnerability and hope, becomes the foundation's primary financial engine. Funds raised through the book will go directly to supporting workshops, educational materials, awareness campaigns, and support groups, demonstrating that writing and personal experience can become a bridge of help for others.

Our mission, in a nutshell, is to turn pain into purpose, and difficult chapters into opportunities to write new life stories filled with hope and dignity.