College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast
NPRCollege student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast Enlarge this image toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR It's rare to get a first-person perspective on living with a condition called schizoaffective disorder. Enlarge this image toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR Pella's request didn't sit well with Vargas Arango. Enlarge this image toggle caption Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR "You can probably imagine what the reaction of my Colombian religious mother was," he says in the podcast. His mom says hearing about his podcast and his success has changed her perception of mental illness: "I know that God gave me a really beautiful person, and everyday I tell him not to change."