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I decided to major in psychology because I wanted to help other people,

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especially young children who are at risk. I want to help people

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improve their daily lives and motivate children to advocate for themselves.

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I'm taking three psychology classes this term and one of them is Social Justice Mental Health.

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I enjoy this class because we get to read articles and come in every week

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and have our questions answered. We are learning about impression and privilege

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and how to overcome that and what that means

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for our identities and our lives. Also, I'm working on a research team

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with Dr. Chehalis Strapp, which is a privilege for me to be doing as

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an undergraduate and I'm very grateful for it. Another benefit of being

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a psychology student at Western is the opportunity

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to work at the Child Development Center right here on campus. I get to help children

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at the preschool age learn to self-identify, self-affirm, work with

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others, and be able to learn their social skills as well as regular

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education. Now that I'm here, I'm really happy with my decision because I'm getting a lot

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of hands on experience and I know that's something special as well as

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opportunities for research and employment and I truly do believe this is a school where every

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student matters.

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