In 2018, Erica McBeth set out on a mission to talk to one stranger a week for a full year. Her journey through that project is chronicled in her book, “52 New Friends” and her video series, “How to Make Friends & Beat Loneliness.” In an effort to help people connect together in positive ways, Erica founded Erica McBeth Productions in 2020 and McBeth Marketing in 2021. She sits on the Arizona Chapter Board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and educates people on the benefits of how human connection can transform their companies and their lives. She is a speaker, a writer, a storyteller, an advocate for human connection and the self-proclaimed slayer of loneliness.