Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2023: Eating Disorder Advocacy – Finding Your Voice

Facilitated by:

Julia Hark is a Renfrew alum of 2017. She is currently studying sign language interpreting at Delgado Community College in New Orleans and is a recent graduate of Tulane University, where she obtained a BA in Gender & Sexuality Studies with minors in Psychology and Classics. Her honors thesis, “Diet Culture and the Beauty Industry: A Contemporary Manifestation of the American Freakshow,” bookended her own experience with eating disorders around diet culture’s violence against the female body. She is a writer, performer, and mental health advocate, recently joining the Eating Disorders Coalition’s first Young Adult Council.

Jessica Taylor, MA, LPC, is the Site Director of The Renfrew Center of Radnor. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Temple University, and her Masters in Clinical and Counseling psychology at Chestnut Hill. Ms. Taylor has extensive experience working with children and adolescents with complex mental health pathologies and their families across a variety of settings including homes, schools and treatment settings. She also has experience in outpatient therapy and clinical leadership. Ms. Taylor initially served as a Team Leader for The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia before transitioning to her new role.