Why MindScape Initiative?
Awareness is only the beginning.
Young people are talking more openly about mental health than ever before. But reducing stigma alone is not enough.
We also need to understand why mental-health challenges develop, what protects young people, what interventions work, and how schools and communities can act earlier.
MindScape connects youth with science, mentorship, education, and opportunities to create solutions.
Our Mission
From understanding to action.
MindScape advances youth mental health through research, education, and responsible innovation.
We connect young people with researchers, psychologists, educators, and community leaders to investigate the factors shaping adolescent mental health, strengthen protective factors, and translate evidence into practical solutions.
We believe young people should not only receive mental-health programs.
They should help shape the questions, research the problems, and build the solutions.
What We Do
Research & Discovery
We create opportunities for young people to work alongside researchers on real questions in adolescent mental health.
Projects may explore topics such as social media, stress, sleep, loneliness, school environments, adversity, belonging, technology, and other factors affecting youth well-being.
The goal goes beyond completing a research project.
We ask what the findings can teach us—and what should change because of them.
Education & Prevention
Knowledge can become a form of prevention.
Through workshops, mentorship, educational programs, and conversations with experts, MindScape helps young people better understand mental health, recognize risk and protective factors, develop healthy coping strategies, and know when and how to seek help.
We focus on supporting mental well-being before, alongside, and beyond clinical care.
AI & Responsible Innovation
Technology is changing both the pressures young people experience and the tools available to understand them.
MindScape explores responsible ways to use AI and data science to support mental-health research, education, creativity, and prevention.
We approach technology as a tool—not a replacement for human connection, professional care, or scientific evidence.
Youth Voice & Community Action
Young people understand aspects of their own experiences that statistics alone cannot capture.
MindScape creates opportunities for youth to express those experiences, learn from one another, conduct research, and translate what they discover into projects that benefit their communities.
Research can lead to:
education → community interventions → recommendations → policy change
Research to Action
Research should not end with a paper.
MindScape encourages young researchers to ask one more question:
-
What can we do with what we learned?
-
We work toward translating research findings into resources and recommendations that can inform:
-
Schools
-
Families
-
Youth organizations
-
Community leaders
-
Researchers
-
Policymakers
Our long-term goal is to help close the gap between what research discovers and what young people experience in everyday life.
Our Team
Alice Qian
Founder & Executive Director
Eric He
Co-founder & Technology Director
Emma Li
Co-founder & Creative Director