Global Awareness

I have attempted to expand my global awareness by being on the executive board of Mindversity. This student organization is a peer network dedicated to bringing awareness to and supporting BIPOC mental health. We strive to bridge the gaps between access to mental health resources and students of color on college campuses through peer support networks, education to reduce cultural stigma, and providing a platform with diverse resources. I was drawn to this position because I really want to work to bridge the gap between minority groups and mental health service seeking behaviors. The first step to ending this divide is by encouraging cultural competence, and the best way for this to be accomplished is through education. For this reason, I am also a speaker for YODJ (Youth Online Discussing Justice). In this position I facilitate and speak during events hosted by EYEJ. My position in the program is to empower and amplify the voices of teens and pre-teens, specifically those coming from a diverse cultural background or low income as well as educate youth about making good decisions, to invest positively into their future. Pre-pandemic, I also was a volunteer at Nationwide Children’s hospital. During my four years of volunteering here, I have worked with people from various ethnic backgrounds, immigrants who know very little English, people with disabilities, as well as people from various religions and ways of life. 

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