Penpal POC: A Culturally Relevant Mental Health Intervention for Black and Latinx System Impacted Adolescent & Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Randomized Control Trial Pilot

Dr. Tierra began creating the Penpal POC project and its intervention in Summer of 2022. She was accepted into the 4.0 schools Founders Fellowship Program where she began the creation of the intervention and engaged with the community to get feedback on the innovative Penpal POC intervention. Dr. Tierra then established a research lab to conduct the pilot intervention in February 2023. The conduction of the research and data analysis took place in the Spring and Fall 2023 semester. We are currently completing the last of the data analysis and preparing for manuscript writing!