Kadisha Pina joined Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) in December 2023 as an outpatient exposure coach for the Improving Access to Child Anxiety Treatment (IMPACT) service line. She graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BS in health studies with a focus on health promotion. Over the past seven years, she has held various positions within the behavioral health field gaining both clinical and administrative skills. Pina has a long-standing interest in making healthcare more accessible to underrepresented groups and hopes to help bridge the gap to mental health care.