Congratulations to Katherine Du!
Katherine is a third year School of Medicine student at the University of Pittsburgh and is a founder of Mindful Exchanges, a global nonprofit that hosts free mental health seminars for youth in various communities, especially those who are under-served, underprivileged, or experience stigma, and has hosted youth mental health sessions over the last five years.
Additionally, by hosting mindfulness activities for vision-impaired youth at the Western PA School for Blind Children, it is clear that adapting curriculum to the needs of participants with disabilities is of the utmost importance. This year, Katherine started a podcast for Mindful Exchanges interviewing vision-impaired individuals globally about their life stories and mental health perspectives.