Separated to Survive — (Blog Post 1)

As I read the article by Lyons-Ruth et al. (2017), it is difficult for me to fathom the sheer…

Opening the “Magic Box”

It’s almost hard to believe we’re at this point in the semester, with our projects coming to life, final…

Budding Layers, Texture, & Color

The image above is of a protea flower, South Africa’s national flower. I’m struck by the vibrant…

Taking the Temperature

7 Passes

Our incredible partner group 7 Passes Initiative is a non-profit organization in…

White Savior Complex, Voluntourism, and “Human-Centered” Design

Decolonizing Mental Health and Design

Stanford d.School’s workshop on Design Thinking is a great exercise in creative problem…

Approaching an end, finding a beginning…

As a clinical psychology doctoral student, I have been studying psychology for years and…

Reflections

When I stop to reflect on the origins of my interest in child and adolescent mental health, I am reminded of the earliest years of my…

Blog Post 1

Over the past few weeks, some readings have stuck out to me. Going into this class, I have…

For my first blog, I would like to share my initial reactions to and reflections on the organization that I have been matched with — Kranti, which is run by Trina Talukdar. Kranti is…