TEDxTrousdale is the premiere TED licensed event at the University of Southern California. TEDxTrousdale 2016: Make Your Mark took place on April 16 at the USC Brain & Creativity Institute's Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall. We featured seven outstanding student speakers and performers as well as one keynote speaker who shared their take on what it means to "make your mark" on the world.

Katie is an artist entrepreneur, graphic designer, musician, writer, advocate, and activist using her own experiences with disability and chronic illness to encourage individuals and institutions to utilize empathetic design thinking in their actions and interfaces. She is currently working with a team to produce The Crohn’s Moans, a documentary investigating alternative treatment methods for IBDs, is the creative director of Saraswati Water, is the cofounder and subject of a brain retraining trial program for individuals with Neurological Lyme Disease, and is in the process of selftraining her Medical Alert and Psychiatric Service Dog, Willa. She is passionate about healing through nutrition and mindfulness and is currently studying NGOs and Social Change and Design Communication at the University of Southern California, where she is a junior.


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