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Amudha Balaraman

Amudha Balaraman is currently a PhD student in Psychology at The New School, where she also pursued the Concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling. She works with Dr. Alexandria Bauer through TRACC-RU. Her research interests include mental health and treatment disparities, help seeking and service utilization, and developing culturally-informed interventions. Additionally, she is interested in working alongside underrepresented populations through partnership and community-engaged research. Amudha is transitioning from a prior career in public education, where she has over 10 years of experience as an analyst and education researcher. She has also served as a middle school Language Arts teacher. Amudha remains committed to public service and helping others, and she hopes a future career in clinical psychology will continue this commitment.