Jihad Torky is a Master’s Student at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program. She is also a Counseling Intern at YWCA Richmond working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Jihad believes that mental health support is a vital factor for social change and justice, and intends to apply this in their professional work. Topics of interest include trauma (including intergenerational trauma), abuse and neglect, development, as well as racial trauma and liberation. Her interests focus on children and adolescents, parents, marginalized and minoritized communities, as well as immigrants and children of immigrants.