This project that is near and dear to my heart all started in the summer of 2020. A dear friend had told me that her friends were starting a farm in Wisconsin, a new kind of farm. A farm that wanted to change the game…

While patient-physician communication has always been an important aspect of treatment, the pandemic made it even more vital that patients be able to communicate their symptoms and lifestyles to their physicians.

This acrylic painting discusses the physical healing of a wound, such as a cut, in the body, metaphorically linking it to emotional trauma. A protein called fibrin draws together blood cells, or memories, to form the body’s internal Band-Aid.

From January to March, I volunteered with a collaboration between Northwestern and Chicago Public Schools to design an initiative for high school students called the Health Leaders Program.