My Nonprofit Reviews

My exposure with TeachAids started my freshman year of college when I took a class taught by the founder and CEO, Dr. Piya Sorcar, called “Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems.” In that class, we learned about the design methodology developed by TeachAids in the context of their HIV/AIDS content and worked on utilizing that specialized strategy for concussion education applications. I can confidently say this class has been the most influential (and fun) class of my college career so far and I decided to continue working with TeachAids via a summer internship. During my internship, I worked extensively on a project to survey concussion legislation and sports governing body bylaws by state in order to identify barriers to entry for the expansion of CrashCourse, TeachAid's concussion education curriculum. I also served as a member of the resource collection team for coviDB, an expert-curated platform organizing resources relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. After my internship, I was given the incredible opportunity to continue my concussion legislation work as a research assistant for TeachAid’s newly established Institute for Brain Research and Innovation, where I continue to contribute. I cannot speak highly enough of TeachAids as an organization and Dr. Sorcar as a mentor. No other college experience I have had has so tangibly shaped my view of the world and pushed me to think creatively. TeachAids serves as a model non-profit from which other organizations have much to learn.