Vivetha Thambinathan is an Eelam Tamil doctoral candidate at Western University in Canada and the research director at Washington, DC-based PEARL (People for Equality and Relief in Lanka). Vivetha loves donuts, figure skating, and all things related to justice. Currently, her PhD research works within the intersections of trauma-informed migrant healing, arts-based participatory action research methods, and liberation psychology - specifically as it pertains to Toronto Tamil diaspora youth. You can find her on twitter @darthvethar.