At 28, Jazz Thornton is an author, documentary filmmaker, Dancing With The Stars champ and co-founder of mental-health charity Voices of Hope – and no one is more surprised than her.
“If my teenage self could see this, she would fall over,” says Jazz, who hosts new ZM podcast Hope Is Real, focusing on uplifting stories of people overcoming their mental health challenges.
However, Jazz believes things would have turned out very differently had she not met Dr Stephanie Taylor, the woman she credits with saving her life.
Jazz left her hometown of Timaru at only 16, trying to escape the childhood trauma and bullying
