Sana Bakir

Research Assistant

Sana is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Health & Societies with a minor in Psychology. She is deeply passionate about refugee empowerment and mental health advocacy. She aspires to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology, where she hopes to specialize in trauma treatment for refugee communities. Sana is especially interested in understanding how early adversity shapes developmental trajectories and how evidence-based interventions can be adapted for structurally vulnerable populations. In her free time, she enjoys reading, taking pictures on her film camera, and traveling.