Dr. Sejal Patel has over 10 years of experience creating and teaching workshops and courses on diversity and multicultural issues and is committed to reducing barriers to mental health treatment by promoting a more inclusive and culturally competent environment at her work. She has taught college level courses on Oppression and Privilege and Cross Cultural Psychology. She currently leads a women of color group at MIT and is on the social justice task force at MIT mental health. She has a doctoral degree and master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Denver.