Theemeshni is a first-year graduate student in the Clinical-Community Psychology PhD Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is interested in understanding mechanisms that link adverse life experiences to mental health outcomes, such as suicidal thoughts and behaviors and trauma-related disorders in order to inform prevention science. Theemeshni received her BS in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 2020. She then completed an IRTA postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development before pursuing her PhD.