Alicia Leong is a first-generation Singaporean American and third-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She believes authentic community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration are essential to building and sustaining healthy, equitable, and resilient communities—an approach shaped by her work with artists, environmental scientists, faith leaders, and policymakers in Houston and New York. She hopes to continue exploring the intersections of community well-being and intergenerational, historical, and racial traumas as a future psychiatrist. In her free time, she enjoys walking and eating her way through the city, painting, and trying to befriend cats.