After her anorexia diagnosis at 10, Kristina Saffran spent years in and out of hospitals and treatment centers until her family discovered family-based treatment (FBT) and she finally recovered. Dr. Erin Parks, meanwhile, saw the success of FBT and other evidence-based eating disorder approaches while working with patients at the UCSD Eating Disorders Center. Both were encouraged by the effectiveness of evidence-based eating disorder treatment, but frustrated at how few people had access to it. After combined decades of personal, professional, and clinical experience in the field, Kristina and Erin knew that the treatment landscape was broken. They’d worked with thousands of families and seen them struggle to get diagnosed, find treatment, and afford care—and often, that care didn’t lead to lasting recovery. Rather than continuing to plug holes in a broken system, they joined forces to create the treatment model that needed to exist—one that was both effective and accessible. In 2019, they built Equip, doing so with a clear, ambitious, and urgent mission: to provide eating disorder treatment that works to everyone who needs it.