Jessy Mavarayil John

Jessy Mavarayil John is currently a Research Scholar at Don Bosco University, India. She is a Catholic nun belonging to the Religious Congregation of Medical Sisters of St. Joseph (Religious Name -Sr. Jessia MSJ) Nirmala Province, Cochin Kerala, India. She completed her Post Graduation in Medical & Psychiatry Social Work from Loyola College of Social Sciences Trivandrum, Kerala and secured M. Phil Degree in Social Work from Loyola College Chennai, India. She has been working as a Psychiatric Social worker with Kusumagiri Institute of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences at Cochin, Kerala, and as the Coordinator of Community outreach activities and School Mental Health Promotion Program of the Hospital. Her work focuses mainly on mental health and well being of young people especially among children and adolescents. She has been involved in the school mental health promotion programs as part of the community health project of the institution in Ernakulam Educational District of Kerala, India.