About Us

About Us

Our Mission

This website was created as a student-centered health resource designed to help reduce the risk of preventable cancer and chronic disease through everyday lifestyle choices. Our goal is to provide accessible, practical, and evidence-informed guidance that students can realistically apply to their daily lives.

College life often brings busy schedules, limited budgets, shared living spaces, and increased stress — all of which can make healthy habits difficult to maintain. We believe that small, consistent choices related to nutrition, environment, and wellness can have a meaningful long-term impact on overall health.

A healthy body supports a healthy mind, and our mission is to empower students with the knowledge and tools needed to care for both.

What We Do

Building healthier student lifestyles

Our platform combines education, practical habits, and student participation to promote healthier living through:

  • Healthy habit guidance focused on food safety, cooking practices, air quality, and personal care choices
  • Student-friendly wellness tips designed for dorms, apartments, and campus lifestyles
  • Interactive polls that allow students to reflect on and track their habits over time
  • Data-driven insights that help identify trends in student health behaviors across campuses

Rather than promoting extreme lifestyle changes, we focus on realistic improvements that students can sustain long term.

Why This Matters

Small habits, big health impact

Research consistently shows that lifestyle and environmental factors play a major role in long-term health outcomes. 

By increasing awareness early in adulthood, we aim to help students develop habits that support lifelong wellness and disease prevention.

“Only 5–10% of all cancer cases can be attributed to genetic defects, whereas the remaining 90–95% have their roots in the environment and lifestyle.”
— National Library of Medicine

“An estimated 85,480 adolescents and young adults (ages 15–39) will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States in 2025.”
— National Cancer Institute

Who We Are

A USC & Cal Berkley Collobration

This project is a collaborative student initiative combining perspectives from health science and humanities disciplines.

Sofia Minassian

USC — B.A. Law, History, and Culture

Sareen Kasparian

UC Berkeley — B.A. Nutritional Sciences and Metabolic Biology
Minor: Health and Wellness