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Lehigh University Student Highlights

July 13, 2022 · In: Uncategorized

Sophia Sealy is an alumna of Lehigh Univerisity’s counseling program. She has partnered with Lehigh University to collaborate with current students to assist with providing summer job opportunities. Sophia’s goal was to give creative freedom to the Undergraduate students to use their recently learned skills to contribute to community mental health. Links to their blogs can be found in this post.

Sarah Gnall

Lehigh Student

Sarah Gnall is a first-year student at Lehigh University, looking to major in Chemical Engineering and minor in Psychology and Spanish. At Lehigh University, she is a member of Lehigh’s Engineers Without Borders and Society of Women Engineers chapters, the swim club, and the outing club, and looking to join greek life. Sarah is interested in the science behind mental health and bringing awareness about how people can approach parts of their life with mental health in mind.

Sarah’s blogs

Marian Meli

Lehigh Student

Marian Meli is a rising senior at Lehigh University majoring in Marketing. On campus, she holds leadership roles as a first-year residential assistant and the president of a Latin/Caribbean dance team. Marian is looking forward to learning more about mental health wellness and self-care practices to facilitate these conversations with her peers and utilize her findings in her professional career.

Marian’s blogs

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