I am a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at Duke University training as a clinician, researcher, and teacher. My goal is to bring scientific evidence and lived experience together to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health care.
My research focuses on how community, social, and cultural systems shape mental health risk, promotion, and intervention. I am especially focused on using clinical evidence to develop multilevel interventions that support individual mental health by strengthening families, institutions, and communities.
I grew up in Tanzania and Kenya and got my bachelor’s degree in psychology from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After graduating, I worked with Alex Tsai at Massachusetts General Hospital for two and a half years as an on-site project coordinator for a longitudinal microenterprise, water security, health, and social network study in Mbarara, Uganda.
At the moment, I am a von der Heyden Global Fellow at the John Hope Franklin Center, Instructor of Record for a project-based global health and community psychology class entitled Strengthening Families Across Contexts, and a practicum trainee at the Durham VA and Duke Pediatric Neuropsychology Clinic.
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