Elliot Che (they/them) is a graduate student at the University of Iowa’s School of Social Work. They graduated from the University of Iowa in 2020 with a BA in psychology, minor in social work, and Resilience and Trauma-informed Perspectives certificate. While they are on the clinical track in the Social Work program, Elliot is also passionate about research and examining mental health issues on a meso and macro level. They aim to work primarily with people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, lower-income individuals, and people with serious mental illness and understand that in order to help these populations, advocacy and change need to happen at the systemic level.