Diksha Bali

Diksha is a fourth-year doctoral student in the School Psychology program at UMD, within the Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education Department. She has a MS.Ed. and Bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, where she most recently studied Statistics and Research Methods, and Human Development, with a concentration in Counseling. Her research and practice interests include providing community interventions and support; promoting resistance to oppression within diverse youth and families; and trying to further peace and understanding between diverse groups of people. Diksha is comfortable using and learning different strategies to support people and groups in envisioning and realizing goals for themselves, their communities, and the communities they serve. She strives to take a collaborative, culturally humble, and self-reflective approach in this work.