As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge.

Since I started middle school. I have struggled with mental health. It started with panic attacks and led to darker roads such as suicide. I felt alone and since middle, I have struggled every day. My days do look brighter now but sometimes I fall back down and it is dark and quiet. The voices get louder in my head and I needed an escape, I decided to see a therapist. I have seen four therapists my whole life and they all helped me in a lot of ways but it took me a decade to find a Black therapist and since her, I have finally figured out a lot of inner trauma relating to my identity. I grew up around predominantly white institutions and I had a deeper insecurity of my identity. I decided that day that I did not want any other child to feel that way. As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. Eventually, once I jumpstart my career, I want to open a business where all children of color will have help to make sense of their identity and find comfort knowing that they are not the only person feeling this way and have counselors of all races to help them cope with their struggle. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge.

Since I started middle school. I have struggled with mental health. It started with panic attacks and led to darker roads such as suicide. I felt alone and since middle, I have struggled every day. My days do look brighter now but sometimes I fall back down and it is dark and quiet. The voices get louder in my head and I needed an escape, I decided to see a therapist. I have seen four therapists my whole life and they all helped me in a lot of ways but it took me a decade to find a Black therapist and since her, I have finally figured out a lot of inner trauma relating to my identity. I grew up around predominantly white institutions and I had a deeper insecurity of my identity. I decided that day that I did not want any other child to feel that way. As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. Eventually, once I jumpstart my career, I want to open a business where all children of color will have help to make sense of their identity and find comfort knowing that they are not the only person feeling this way and have counselors of all races to help them cope with their struggle. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge.

Since I started middle school. I have struggled with mental health. It started with panic attacks and led to darker roads such as suicide. I felt alone and since middle, I have struggled every day. My days do look brighter now but sometimes I fall back down and it is dark and quiet. The voices get louder in my head and I needed an escape, I decided to see a therapist. I have seen four therapists my whole life and they all helped me in a lot of ways but it took me a decade to find a Black therapist and since her, I have finally figured out a lot of inner trauma relating to my identity. I grew up around predominantly white institutions and I had a deeper insecurity of my identity. I decided that day that I did not want any other child to feel that way. As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. Eventually, once I jumpstart my career, I want to open a business where all children of color will have help to make sense of their identity and find comfort knowing that they are not the only person feeling this way and have counselors of all races to help them cope with their struggle. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge.

Since I started middle school. I have struggled with mental health. It started with panic attacks and led to darker roads such as suicide. I felt alone and since middle, I have struggled every day. My days do look brighter now but sometimes I fall back down and it is dark and quiet. The voices get louder in my head and I needed an escape, I decided to see a therapist. I have seen four therapists my whole life and they all helped me in a lot of ways but it took me a decade to find a Black therapist and since her, I have finally figured out a lot of inner trauma relating to my identity. I grew up around predominantly white institutions and I had a deeper insecurity of my identity. I decided that day that I did not want any other child to feel that way. As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. Eventually, once I jumpstart my career, I want to open a business where all children of color will have help to make sense of their identity and find comfort knowing that they are not the only person feeling this way and have counselors of all races to help them cope with their struggle. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge.

I have struggled with mental health since I was in middle school. It started with panic attacks, then it became anxiety, and sadly became suicidal at some point. When I got to college and choosing my major I chose psychology because I wanted to know more about my brain and help others. As a clinical psychology major, I want to become a therapist who specialized in providing service to people of color. I felt like I could not click with any of my counselors my whole life. They never fully understood my struggle to find my identity in a world full of people who do not look like me. When I study abroad, I want to know how does a person of color in a different region develop differently than another person of color in America? How are beauty standards affect individuals' confidence in themselves and their journey to self-love and how is mental health dealt with around the world for people of color? The reason I push myself every day to become a therapist is that I do not want any of my future clients to feel like no one can understand them and their culture or background. I want to not be only aware of people of color in America but also around the world and study how their development is different in America from other countries. Eventually, once I jumpstart my career, I want to open a business where all children of color will have help to make sense of their identity and find comfort knowing that they are not the only person feeling this way and have counselors of all races to help them cope with their struggle. The goal of my business is to help children from all around the world find a counselor who has the same race and go deeper in their journey of embracing their culture and for counselors of all races to find a job and provide their clients with their knowledge. My "up-stander" moment is helping all children of color find beauty in their race. I use to hate being Black and never wanted to talk about my struggle because I hate being the center of attention but now I am twenty years old and I know that my fourteen year old self would not believe how confident I am with my race and I know she would be happy that I want to help other kids who struggled just like her.