Hey STEEMIT -- meet me, Warren SZ!
Hello! I’m Warren. That’s me on top of a mountain.
I am a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, California. Can’t wait to share my musings with this awesome community – everything from opinion pieces to fiction stories to local journalism!
I have a few important missions that I want to spend my life pursuing. These are, in no particular order: to combat stigmas surrounding mental health and homelessness; to uncover and share truth; to build community through sports; and to continually challenge and expand myself both physically and mentally. There I am enjoying a rainstorm in the Rocky Mountains.
Professionally, I spend 30-40 hours a week working for a UCLA psychology lab. Our goal is to better treat serious mental illness like schizophrenia and to identify the mental health factors that contribute to homelessness in Veterans. I lead weekly groups to teach some of our participants social cognition, or how to understand social situations. Impairments in social cognition are a major factor in serious mental illness.
As with most Angelenos, I dedicate the rest of my week to side hustles. Primarily, these are writing and community projects. I am on the board of directors for the International Jiu-Jitsu Education Fund (IJEF), a charity aimed at empowering vulnerable communities across the globe through the art and practice of jiu-jitsu. Below is a photo of an academy and community we support in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
I also write and publish stories on housing, homelessness, and mental health. Right now, my main focus is covering Inglewood, CA, where community groups are fighting to stabilize skyrocketing rent as the Inglewood city government pushes for massive and rapid economic development.
Hobbywise, I love basketball. I dabble in NBA analytics, and soon I hope to launch a channel devoted to covering the league. I also love to get outdoors, particularly through backpacking. I certainly look forward to sharing my adventures here!
That’s about it. You can find me on Instagram @wojissimo or check out my website, https://warrensz.me. Looking forward to following you all.
Happy Steeming!
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Nice one bro, always do what you know how to do best.
Welcome to Steemit. Beautiful pics. Sounds like you have an adventurous life and have alot to offer the Steemit community. Welcome and have fun!
Hey there and welcome on platform 🤗😊 Feel free to follow me @justynatina and upvote. Cheers 😋
Hi Warren, and welcome to Steemit. I'm sure you're going to love it here.
That was a great introduction. It must be interesting working at the UCLA psychology lab. I recently just did Dr Jordan Peterson's online personality assessment, which I found really interesting. I posted an article about it here on Steemit and it received quite a bit of interest. I will have to look more into that side of things, although I'm no expert.
Anyway, good luck with your Steemit journey. :-)
P.S. These following sites will help you a lot on Steemit. I use them myself and so I can definitely recommend them. They’ll make it a lot easier for you to keep track of everything.
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (You can monitor those who follow and unfollow you)
https://steemstats.com/#!/ (This one is great for following your stats and analytics)
https://www.steemnow.com/ (This one allows you to monitor your voting power)
All the best,
Giles @tam-lin
Thanks for the resources Giles! I'm definitely looking forward to becoming a part of this community. Working in psychology is always interesting -- especially when it comes to illnesses as debilitating as schizophrenia. I'll definitely use this space to write a lot about the brain and the ways it goes awry!
Welcome to Steem @warrensz. Feel free to follow me @kanasite and upvote. Cheers :)
Hey @warrensz! Nice to meet you here! Good luck to you and us! I'm more or less "new" here, too... This is my introduceyourself:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@survivalparaguay/video-jeah-a-new-freak-from-paraguay-introducemyself
Greetings from Paraguay!
Mucho gusto! Would love to visit sometime
I'm look forward to stay in contact with you! Yeeehaaaa!
Welcome to the steemit family @warrensz .. Feel free to follow @kekegist and upvote.. I will do same.. Cheers ☺
You rock! Keep climbing and keep posting. I look forward to reading more of your musings.
Thanks, friend!
Welcome to steemit Warren! I am new to steemit as well. I haven't done my intro yet, but can't wait to read your posts. Sounds like you have a lot of very interesting things happening. Following!
Looking forward to your introduction @foragingquietude!