LEEPs & Bounds

Anisha Hassan

Welcome to my WordPress, I am a recent graduate from Clark University with a major in Psychology and Women and Gender. I am passionate about mental health and improving diversity in psychology and education. I write about my experiences of failure, career tips and much more. Stay tuned as I figure out my next step and share my adventure.

Navigating Familial Expectations as a Young South Asian

By Anisha Hassan ’21 As soon as I graduated, my inboxes started flooding with congratulatory messages showering me with love, asking me what my GPA was, and what my future plans were. As a South Asian, I am familiar with these messages, but it never gets easier to feel a pang of guilt that you…
Finding Strength Together: Reapplying to Graduate School

By Anisha Hassan ’21 As I got my last rejection letter from all the graduate schools I applied to, I never felt so defeated and alone. I felt like I was a failure and everyone around me was just getting ahead. I had it in my head that if I couldn’t do it the first…

Navigating Familial Expectations as a Young South Asian

Finding Strength Together: Reapplying to Graduate School