Member
Mental Health America's Young Leaders Council
Margaret Garcia (she/her), currently resides in Merced, California and has gained valuable experience working with diverse communities in the area. From her independent research project focused on historical agricultural discrimination in the Central Valley, to her position as a research assistant studying the mental health of Latinx youth, she is passionate about researching methods to improve the mental well-being of young adults and youth. To emphasize this, she has currently taken on a few projects, such as creating a page called @latinapsychology on Instagram to create digestible and accessible research briefs of Latina-oriented publications. She hopes her social media initiative can demystify research and promote other Latinas to pursue higher education. Concurrently, she is also serving as a research member for the student organization Survivors and Allies at UCLA. Here, she has published an Op-Ed discussing the detriments of nonconsensual AI-generated sexual deepfakes on students and is pushing a petition from the organization for UC’s to provide curated mental and legal resources to student survivors.
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Young Mental Health Leaders Panel and mPower Award Presentation
Friday, October 17, 2025
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM US EST