Khalil's Story

Two priorities for pre-med student, Khalil Roy, are his mental and physical well-being. Through clubs like ECLIPSE (Explorations in Collaborative Leadership and InterProfessional Education) and the men’s volleyball club, he is able to regularly work on these areas of his well-being. He has been in ECLIPSE since he was a freshman and has played volleyball since he was a sophomore.

When it comes to his physical health, one of Roy’s main motivators is the future and wanting to be mobile and active later in life. He has seen firsthand how hard it is for loved ones to lose their mobility when they get older which is why eating right and being active now is necessary.

When it comes to his mental health, Roy practices mindfulness throughout the week by self reflection and journaling with an emphasis on consistency. One of the biggest things that Roy works on is acknowledging the low points that he has and using them as stepping stones to achieve the greatness he has set himself up for.

“Recently I started therapy, just to like, try to unpack some things that happened in the past,” he says. “It wasn't what I thought it would be. But it was good that I went anyway… I had a skewed mindset about a lot of things.”