Alaina Thomas (she/her) joins the ICMH lab as a research coordinator and first year masters student in York's Clinical Developmental Psychology program. Under the supervision of Dr. Bohr, her specialized honours thesis examined resilience strategies of I-SPARX Inuit youth leaders during the Covid-19 pandemic. She plans to continue this research throughout her masters studies. Additionally, she is interested in the development and evaluation of e-mental wellness technologies, and the relationship between youth mental wellness and socio-political/environmental systems. She is grateful to be a part of the ICMH lab, working and learning alongside Inuit youth and communities in Nunavut. She believes in using community-driven research as a means to highlight the voices and perspectives of youth to inform mental health policy change, promote health equity, and social justice. Alaina's research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.