Ruchika is an undergraduate student at Washington University in St. Louis pursuing a B.A. in Global Health and Environment and a B.S.B.A. in Healthcare Management. Outside of her academic concentrations, her interests include mental health and addressing health inequities from a culturally-competent lens. She is currently a Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Child Brain Development at the Washington University School of Medicine, which studies the cognitive and emotional development of children. She hopes to work in medicine, either in the field of public health or as a practitioner.