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Partnered with a school theater group to create short performances depicting financial control, coercive control, emotional manipulation, isolation, and monitoring.
After each scene, audience members classified the behavior as healthy, concerning, or abusive, then joined counselors and advocates in facilitated discussion about warning signs, response steps, and where to seek help.
02
Identified and contacted Virginia organizations serving immigrant and domestic-violence survivors—including the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance, Ayuda, and NVFS’s Multicultural Center—to explore partnerships and gather input on screening and referral practices.
Developed a toolkit identifying signs of financial abuse, coercive control, and isolation, plus a regional navigation guide mapping services and step-by-step pathways for limited access to money, housing concerns, control over documents, or the need for legal assistance.
03
Created Visible, Unseen | Care for the Skin, a documentary and online exhibition exploring the emotional and cultural burdens of chronic skin disease—experiences that clinical assessments and public conversations often overlook.
Through patient interviews and professional perspectives, the project examines how stigma, silence, treatment barriers, and social pressure shape life beyond visible symptoms. Its purpose is to help viewers see chronic skin disease not as a surface-level condition, but as a lived experience shaped by mental health, culture, relationships, and access to care.
04
Donated 1,500+ homemade meals and supported meal distribution and food-room operations, organizing supplies and helping connect food with neighbors experiencing food insecurity.
05
Worked with ACTS, a Northern Virginia nonprofit supporting domestic-violence survivors. Its Children & Youth Program offers age-appropriate groups for children and teenagers affected by family violence.
Helped build a peer-support community for students from families affected by domestic violence or coercive control, organizing facilitated discussions, guest speakers, and community-building activities focused on confidence, self-advocacy, healthy boundaries, family transitions, and resilience.
06
Organized a fundraiser selling homemade press-on nails, led 10+ students, and raised $500+. Every dollar funded food supplies for homemade meals donated to SHARE.
