Sejal Mistry is a Researcher with the Center for Community and Public Health at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. She explores how food insecurity and other challenges shape health and well-being, from individual experiences to broader social and cultural influences. Within this lens, she has a particular interest in women’s and children’s health. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology, with concentrations in Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, from Texas A&M University, and her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Texas. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, eating Tex-Mex, and reading.