Sirikanya Chiraroekmongkon, MD

I am an immigrant from Bangkok, Thailand, and grew up in a low-income household attending public schools in Pensacola, Florida. I graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in Biochemistry and International Studies, and completed medical school at the University of Central Florida. My passion for mental health has led me to New Haven, Connecticut, where I am completing my psychiatry residency at Yale University. Rising Youth means a lot me, as it does all of us. It is something I wish I had as a high school student.

Emily Xu

I am a first-year medical student at Yale School of Medicine interested in mental health. I am originally from New York City and went to the University of Pennsylvania for college, where I studied Neuroscience. Prior to starting med school in New Haven, I also lived in San Francisco for two years working in diabetes research.