Ria Rungta (CDE)
Social Impact and Innovation Intern, Ignite Mental Health, Cambridge/Boston, MA
Internship outline:
I worked as a Social Impact and Innovation Intern at a non-profit startup called Ignite Mental Health that works to incubate entrepreneurs in the mental health sphere. As part of my role, I assisted in building a non-profit called the TEAM Foundation of Boston from the ground-up and was involved in designing programs, identifying stakeholders, and initiating collaborations and analysis projects.
Best moment/experience:
The best moment of my internship was getting a chance to be involved in every facet of developing an organization.
Funding source:
InnovateHealth Yale
Ria Rungta - Social Impact and Innovation Intern, Ignite Mental Health, Boston, MA
We often spent days working in different locations when we had meetings with external stakeholders.
We met with the Renfrew Center for Eating disorders in Boston to discuss potential collaborations.
Ignite Mental Health is a non-profit startup affiliated with the Venture Incubation Program at the Harvard Innovation Labs at Harvard Business School.