Meet Michelle Calco Co-Director, Bully Police Michigan Speaker and Consultant Since that tragic day  when Michelle experienced the loss of her eldest daughter, Kristina, on Dec. 4th, 2005, she has become actively involved in her local AFSP Out of the Darkness Community Walk, the Kalamazoo County Suicide Prevention Committee, Bully Police USA, and has written several viewpoint articles for her local paper, the Kalamazoo Gazette.  Her aim has been to educate the public on the link between depression, bullying and suicide and the need for a raised awareness of these issues.

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Recipe for a Disaster Kristina’s Story - “Nice Girls Finish Last Too” Kristina Arielle Calco - 12/26/89 – 12/4/05 “If you think something is wrong, something is probably wrong. Go with your gut feelings.” Michelle Calco For whatever reason, in the wee morning hours of Sunday December 4th, Kristina lost her focus. The stage had been set and with such a frail and sensitive soul, she just could not bear the pain that had consumed her. In that one tiny infinitesimal instant, Kristina made the choice to kill herself.

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Recipe for a Disaster: Bullying to Depression, Depression to Suicide
Take one part shy & sensitive, impressionable, naïve young girl and add a lack of self-esteem. Slowly stir in puberty.  Add typical teenage pressures including friends, grades, sports, extracurricular activities and being perpetually on Instant Chat.  Add a daily dose of teasing, ridicule and torment by a group of boys and then garnish with what turns out to be a sexually charged and romantic online relationship with a boy from another high school.  Add to this a seeming inability for intervention in any way, shape or form. Shake well and then let sit.
Michelle Calco

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