Rhode Island
Our Homelessness Services
Our Street Care initiative provides support to people struggling with homelessness and low income families. Our group provides a Street Care direct outreach program to people in need.
Community Engagement
This program delivers groceries and other life essentials to families struggling economically.
Chapter Leadership
Monica Sri Vel
California Chapter President
Monica Sri Vel is a graduate student at Brown University’s School of Medicine and until July 2025 she served as an Associate Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Sports Medicine, at Stanford University. With a background in cognitive neuroscience and sports medicine, she specializes in clinical and lab-based research, focusing on improving patient outcomes. She is skilled in managing study-specific databases, and coordinating clinical trials. She has experience working with research tools such as OpenSpecimen, REDCap, and LabMatrix.
Monica has contributed to research on mental health and AI voice assistants, presenting her findings at conferences such as APA 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science with a Neuroscience emphasis from the University of California, Davis.
Monica is the founder of Street Care’s Northern California and Rhode Island chapters and now oversees our California, Rhode Island, and Boston chapters,leading our street outreach events and strengthening impact across all three chapters. She is actively on the ground, engaging with individuals experiencing homelessness with empathy and care, distributing care packages, and guiding volunteers in direct outreach efforts. Monica ensures each chapter thrives through her intrepid leadership, overseeing and training other officers and team members, and helps Street Care remain innovative, compassionate, and effective.
Eunsol Moon
Rhode Island Vice President
My name is Eunsol Moon, and I am currently completing my Master’s in Medical Science at Brown University. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
I am passionate about healthcare equity and interdisciplinary approaches to medicine, with interests in patient advocacy, community outreach, and clinical research. Through my academic, clinical, and volunteer experiences, I have worked in healthcare and research settings that strengthened my interest in improving access to care for underserved communities. Working in the emergency room during college especially exposed me to healthcare disparities and deepened my interest in healthcare inequality.
I have also explored different medical specialties through clinical experiences and outreach initiatives, including involvement with Brown Internal Medicine, which further strengthened my interest in collaborative medicine and community engagement. Outside of medicine, I also enjoy mentorship and initiatives focused on supporting vulnerable populations.
I will be working at Columbia univeresity and NewYork-Presbyterian in a cardiothoracic surgery lab, where I will continue to gain clinical and research experience while learning from physicians and healthcare teams across different specialties.
I’m excited to contribute to Bright Mind’s mission of supporting individuals experiencing homelessness with empathy and compassion.
Alecia Summers
Coordinator
My name is Eunsol Moon, and I am currently completing my Master’s in Medical Science at Brown University. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
I am passionate about healthcare equity and interdisciplinary approaches to medicine, with interests in patient advocacy, community outreach, and clinical research. Through my academic, clinical, and volunteer experiences, I have worked in healthcare and research settings that strengthened my interest in improving access to care for underserved communities. Working in the emergency room during college especially exposed me to healthcare disparities and deepened my interest in healthcare inequality.
I have also explored different medical specialties through clinical experiences and outreach initiatives, including involvement with Brown Internal Medicine, which further strengthened my interest in collaborative medicine and community engagement. Outside of medicine, I also enjoy mentorship and initiatives focused on supporting vulnerable populations.
I will be working at Columbia univeresity and NewYork-Presbyterian in a cardiothoracic surgery lab, where I will continue to gain clinical and research experience while learning from physicians and healthcare teams across different specialties.
I’m excited to contribute to Bright Mind’s mission of supporting individuals experiencing homelessness with empathy and compassion.