Dipika Daga is currently in her third year pursuing her MSc in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins University and interning at Stone Soup Counseling, LLC. She has worked with adults and adolescents across age groups, LGBTQ+ issues, racial trauma, substance use issues, across diverse clinical disorders with a trauma informed approach and a culture-oriented counseling framework. She serves as a student ambassador for Johns Hopkins Clinical Mental Health track and as an emerging leader for MAMCD. She received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Clinical Mental health track in 2023. She received specialized training in Expressive Arts Therapy in India and pursued a post graduate diploma in Social Entrepreneurship in 2019. She is the Founder and President of Paddling Foundation, registered nonprofit organization which focuses on menstrual hygiene and awareness across states in India since 2018. She has co-curated a seven-month part time virtual training program for those interested in being certified in menstrual health education in 2019 and has successfully completed three batches. She is working on Menopause and menstrual education in schools in the U.S. currently. Her research interests align with broaching as a counseling skill, indigenous modalities and cultural strengths in counseling, and bringing the gaps between mental health and menstruation through expressive arts. She is serving as the Research committee co-chair for Chi Sigma Iota Lambda chapter (2023-2024) and served as Director of Operations (2022-2023). She has presented in conferences like American Counseling Association Conference 2023, Seventh Annual International Conference 2020 by Creative Movement Therapy Association of India, and I.D.E.A.S. Conference at Johns Hopkins University. Her articles are published in AMCD and MCA newsletters. Her interests include traveling and exploring, hiking, painting, and reading.