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Chansophal Mak (Sophal) is originally from Cambodia. She received her PhD in Human Development and Family Science with emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Georgia in Spring 2023. Chansophal’s broad research areas are around Traumatic Stress/Intergenerational Transmission of Traumatic Stress and Resilience, Global Mental Health, Culturally Responsive Treatment for Traumatic Stress, and Prevention Intervention Science. Chansophal is passionate about improving Mental Health, Family Relationships, and Wellbeing of Forcibly Displaced Populations through Multi-level Interventions (i.e., Individual, family, community). During the PPFP fellowship, Chansophal is hosted under the Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. Chansophal’s project aims to document parenting strategies through multi methods (i.e., survey, interview, focus group, and structural observation) within Cambodian refugee communities in Minnesota and across the U.S. if possible. The ultimate goals of her project are to support refugee parents and promote child outcomes at post-resettlement, and to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of traumatic stress among Cambodian refugee communities across the U.S.