Alyssa Ostroff

I'm Alyssa Ostroff, a graphic designer, mental health advocate, trauma survivor, and the founder of Self-Care Shirts — a mental health awareness apparel brand where every design is hand-drawn by me and every phrase started as something I personally needed to hear. I spent five years as a Senior Graphic Designer at the CDC, where I created health communication campaigns for COVID, mpox, cancer awareness, and antibiotic resistance — work that appeared on billboards, in Times Square, and in Super Bowl programming. On April Fools' Day 2025, I was laid off. Within a month, I launched Self-Care Shirts. I live with Tourette syndrome, narcolepsy, and AUDHD. I'm a childhood trauma survivor, a cycle breaker, and someone who spent years drawing what I couldn't say out loud before I realized othe...