Experience

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  unité.mentalhealth

  • Founder & Executive Director of Unité

    • 2022 - Present

    - Founded organization to destigmatize mental health and foster emotional resilience in youth worldwide by increasing mental health education, awareness, advocacy, and resources- Create weekly psychoeducational articles, posts/infographics, and resources and manage/design website and social media. - Lead 165 volunteers to promote community outreach across 23 countries to provide and offer translations of psychoeducational resources in 11 different languages. - Reached 60,000 impressions and 2,000+ followers- www.uniteyouthmentalhealth.com

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  Stanford University Graduate School of Education

  • Palo Alto, California, United States

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Palo Alto, California, United States

    Research Assistant at the SPARK Lab. Researching the biopsychosocial factors affecting kid’s adaption and resilience in response to adversity. Conduct participant studies by leading families through research activities and conducting Electrocardiograms (EKGs)

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  Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of California

  • Board of Directors

    • Jan 2024 - Present

    Serve as member, secretary, and director of youth outreach of the Executive Board of Directors of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of California. Congregate monthly with industry professionals to advise on development, outreach, and volunteer growth strategies. Lead initiatives to enhance peer-to-peer mental health support and education.

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  Alongside

  • Youth Consultant & Intern

    • Jun 2023 - Present

    1 of 15 high school interns selected across the nation to work at Alongside: a start-up working towards combatting the adolescent mental health crisis

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  Active Minds, Inc.

  • Youth Advisor & Mental Health Advocacy Academy Participant

    • Jul 2023 - Present

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  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine

  • Palo Alto, California, United States

  • Allcove Youth Advisor at Stanford University

    • Jul 2023 - Present
    • Palo Alto, California, United States

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  Spotify

  • Unity Mental Health Podcast Host

    • Apr 2023 - Present

    Unity Mental Health---a psychoeducational podcast----airs on KCXU 92.7 FM Radio on a bimonthly basis, reaching community members from San Jose to Monterey, California. Unity Mental Health can also be found on Spotify.

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  Center for Developing Minds

  • Clinical Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 2022 - Present

    - worked alongside therapists and educational specialists in delivering an emotional regulation and stress management class to children ages 8-11 - organized ADOS autism test kits

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  NAMI

  • Santa Clara County, California, United States

  • NAMI of Santa Clara County High School Intern

    • 2022 - Present
    • Santa Clara County, California, United States

    - promote mental health education, awareness, and resources for youth - created and run the NAMI Santa Clara County TikTok account to promote mental health education and resources to youth in a socially competent manner - create podcasts as a means of increasing mental health resources and awareness

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  California Coalition for Youth

  • California, United States

  • Mental Health Crisis Counselor

    • 2022 - Present
    • California, United States

    - trained mental health crisis counselor for the California Coalition for Youth Crisis Line- weekly 4-hour shifts managing and taking chats/calls on the California Coalition for Youth Crisis Line- supporting and providing resources to youth in mental health crisis- took part in over 30 hours of training on topics ranging from Suicide Prevention to ACE's

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  Amazon

  • Author

    • May 2023 - Sep 2023

    I am the author and illustrator of 2 youth mental health books that are published on Amazon. - "Let's Talk: Mental Health (actually) Matters" ( ISBN:979-8860357112)-"Up, Up, and Away We Let Them Go" ( ISBN:979-8859450831)

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  MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY

  • Sacramento, California, United States

  • Shifa/Wellness for Youth Mental Health Advocacy Team

    • 2022 - Jul 2023
    • Sacramento, California, United States

    - social media manager of MAS-SSF's youth mental health advocacy team- produces and present monthly mental health related workshops primarily for the muslin Afghan youth refugee community- over 20 hours of training on producing and delivering culturally competent mental health workshops

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  Stanford University

  • California, United States

  • Research Assistant

    • Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
    • California, United States

    - worked in Dr. Eric Stice's research lab at Stanford University, researching eating disorders, risk factors, the Body Project prevention program, and more - attended weekly lab meetings - delivered 2 research presentations on the Dimensions of Control and their Relation to Disordered Eating Behaviors and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Effectiveness of a Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Program for Ethnic Groups in Two Randomized Control Trials

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  Little Medical School- Inspiring future healthcare heroes

  • Secondary Instructor of Little Medical School and Veterinarian School Summer Camp

    • Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

    - taught youth (ages 6-10) about basic human and animal anatomy and physiology