Weiqi Zhong is a graduate school student at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. This fall, she joined the Institute for Clinical Social Work as an intern. Weiqi worked as a counselor’s assistant in a vocational school and a mental health counseling firm in China.

Her job included:

• Providing screening to people who had psychological hospitalization records in the local community.

• Following up on students who had suicidal tendencies.

• Creating mental health-related educational content for the firm's social media account.

For her future career, Weiqi hopes to go on to clinical therapy, focusing on adolescent mental health and family conflict. Weiqi completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Connecticut. She is the first generation in her family to study abroad. Weiqi likes traveling, painting, and going out for a walk in her free time.