Leah Lee

Leah (Na Gyeong) Lee is a second year MSW student at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, with a concentration of Health and Mental Health across Lifespan. She completed her BA in Psychology with a minor in Cognitive Science at UCLA, where she became well versed in conducting/analyzing psychological research centered on children’s cognitive control skills and self-regulation in UCLA BEAR Lab and community-based youth mental health advocacy in UCLA CARES Center. 

In her previous MSW internship at Vista Village, Leah provided client-centered, culturally-responsive therapies to children and their families from underserved communities and learned evidence-based treatment modalities: CBT, DBT, and MBCT. Moving forward, Leah is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of children and families impacted by neurodevelopmental challenges through evidence-based clinical interventions and ongoing research initiatives.