My mixed media paintings and sculptures draw on an archive of photographs, ephemera, and oral documentation inherited from my Midwestern family. My current body of work focuses on exploring specific memories from this history. Working with the archive . . .

Young women suffering from eating disorders often don't have the family support they need to get through with their recovery. Often times, parents of these young women feel guilty, worried, upset and helpless because of what is happening with their da . . .

Character Development is a non-fiction collection of vignettes in which each chapter focuses mainly on one person or topic that is influential to the author's life. The purpose of this piece is to illustrate how each of the subjects are significant to . . .

Purpose: The purpose of this review is to explore not only the prevalence of substance use among LGBTQ+ adolescents, but how familial and community integration and relationships can act as a protective or risk factor among this population. It aims to . . .

After Leila's son's sixteenth birthday, her father comes to take her son away to be the heir of a dictatorship in the Middle Eastern country of Maluddin. Leila tries to protect her son but her father traps her in the U.S and kidnaps her son. Leila mak . . .

After the passing of their last living grandparent, the narrator of Tiny Portraits faces the reality that, in addition to their grandmother, they have also lost what remained of their family history, stories, and perhaps even the antidote to the poiso . . .

The purpose of this project was to create a handbook for group facilitators to use during group counseling with adolescents who are experiencing their parent's divorce. The group curriculum focuses on providing an understanding and safe environment fo . . .

My Name is Siroun is a coming-of-age novel set in the 1980s. After her abusive alcoholic father abandons them, an Armenian mother and daughter move from Los Angeles to Midwest USA in an effort to start a new life. While her mother relishes in her newf . . .

Abstract Work, Family, and Self-care By Elidita Aparicio Master of Social Work Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a relationship between caregiver engagement and self-care in Latinx families with one or more children under . . .

"Ceoulman" is an original one-hour pilot about Jimmy Ceoul, popular Chicago radio personality of the 70's. The pilot follows him as he must learn to juggle his work life in the destructive music industry with his normal family life at home. All while . . .