Clare Wongwai is a first-year student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The overarching goal of Clare's research is to minimize mental health care disparities through increasing access, utilization, and retention of culturally responsive and community-oriented services and treatments. With these values in mind, Clare ultimately hopes to promote the health and wellbeing of historically marginalized and underserved communities, particularly immigrants and youth and families of color. Clare earned their B.A. in Sociology-Anthropology and Asian Studies from St. Olaf College in 2022 and went on to serve as a Research Coordinator at Northwestern University for two years. Outside of research, Clare enjoys learning languages, baking, singing, and playing instruments.