CIRP Co-Op (2011)                                            

"I recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Digital Media Design program. During the summer of 2011, I had the wonderful opportunity to work on a 2D computer game aimed at helping children learn how to express their emotions after a traumatic event and how to help and understand others going through stressful experiences. My co-worker Eliot Kaplan and I worked to integrate the knowledge and existing research our mentors had accumulated into a simple yet visually appealing game that could be expanded as new ideas develop. This experience opened my eyes to the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. I hope that more interactive media is designed to help children and others cope with stressful situations so that they may be happy and healthy."