WRITING & JOURNALISM
Divya has written and edited book chapters and articles in both academic journals and media publications, including The New England Journal of Medicine, Teen Vogue, ABC, The Huffington Post, Romper, Blavity, and Dame, among others. and she used to write and edit part-time for ABC News. She was a 2020/2021 The Watering Hole Poetry Fellow and continues to write poetry in her spare time. She was former editorial director of Me With Power magazine, a digital publication celebrating women of color through interactive storytelling.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
'I literally got chills': Dr. Fauci recalls reading 1st report about AIDS 40 years ago. ABC, June 2021.
Why Indian Americans are feeling helpless right now: OPINION. ABC, May 2021.
Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step Toward Equitable Psychiatric Emergency Services. New England Journal of Medicine, May 2021.
How activists pushed to include people with HIV in COVID-19 vaccine trials. ABC, Jan 2021.
How to Continue Activism in a Racist Country. Teen Vogue, Nov 2020.
How Sending Mental Health Providers Instead of Police Could Save Black Lives. ABC, Nov 2020.
Some Experts Propose Reparations as Solution for Decades of Racial Health Inequities. ABC, Nov 2020.
Why I believe Non-Black Minorities Should Help Create a Radical Black Agenda, Not an Agenda Black People are Conveniently Used For. Blavity, July 2020.
I’m One of the Resident Doctors in NYC. Here’s How We’re Being Exploited. Huffington Post, May 2020.
Why Early Childhood Education Could End Discrimination. Medium, May 2020.
CULTURE/ENTERTAINMENT
How Poetry Can Teach Us To Carry Forward. RISD Center for Complexity, June 2021.
In 'Minari', Asian American Women Are Finally Allowed To Be Complex Human Beings. HelloGiggles, Feb 2021.
“We Are Also The Mothers Of The Babies We Lose”: How Personal Experience Shaped The Groundbreaking New Film Pieces Of A Woman. Romper, Jan 2021.
The MET’s ‘About Time’: What is the Museum Industry’s Role in Sustainability? The Observer, Jan 2021.
‘I May Destroy You’ is Your Guide to Being a Trauma-Informed Friend. Popdust, Sept 2020.
‘Ramy’ is the Intersectional Show We Didn't Know We Had. Dame, July 2020.
COVID-19
Teens can now get their COVID vaccines, experts say it won't impact fertility. ABC, May 2021.
The Pain and Hope of Caring Virtually for Dying Coronavirus Patients. SELF, June 2020
This Pandemic Will Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Children's Lives. Here's What I Worry About as a Child Psychiatrist. Romper, May 2020
Many Low-Income Countries area Successfully Handling COVID-19 but Biased Reporting Hasn't Covered it.. Daily Kos/PRISM, May 2020
Among Patients with COVID-19, Who Gets a Ventilator? USA Today, March 2020
TRAVEL
10 Days in Georgia: Where to Go, What to See, How to Get There. Trip Savvy, July 2020
BOOKS
Patient and Community Engagement for Mental Health Disparities in Latinx Youth Immigrant Populations: The FUERTE Program. Chapter in Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations, May 2020
Generation C: A Hybrid Symposium Publication. RISD Center for Complexity, June 2020
ME WITH POWER MAGAZINE
Issue 02: Dear Momma, June 2021
A Colors Book: Elisabeth Gomes Barradas, Fall 2021
A Colors Book: Kirstie Miranda, Summer 2021
VIDEO
Is Racism Traumatic? Good Morning America Tik Tok, Feb 2021
Intersectional Black Lives: How to Be An Effective Ally as a Non-Black POC. Brown Girl Magazine, Aug 2020
PRESS FEATURES
Ma'Khia Bryant case shines light on 'adultification' of Black girls. ABC, May 2021.
15 Things Therapists Do When They’re Anxious Watching the Debates. Huffington Post, Oct 2020
Experts Fear Ongoing Mental Health Crisis if COVID-19 Keeps Us Home This Winter. Very Well Mind, Oct 2020
How to Include Your Kids in the Election Process This Year. Very Well Family Oct 2020.
Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule Takes Effect; Discourages Use of Safety-Net Services. Psych News, April 2020
Generation C: A Hybrid Symposium Publication. RISD Center for Complexity, June 2020
COVID-19 Has Intensified the Need for Trauma-Informed Care. PRISM, June 2020
Taken at The Alhambra in Granda, Spain