Zara Schmidt

GEORGETOWN CHAPTER

Zara Schmidt is a freshman at Georgetown University from San Diego, California. She is uncertain about what career she wants to pursue but plans on majoring in psychology due to her fascination with the way the mind works. Mental health is something she is extremely passionate about. There is a long history of mental illness in her family, and she has faced her own fair share of mental health struggles. However, she found that the most impactful part of her recovery was attending group therapy sessions. She believes that it is extremely important to have a space to open oneself to and connect with others. Zara wants to create more spaces for this on Georgetown's campus, especially since the college experience brings with it a milieu of mental health stressors.