PROJECT: A multilingual financial health toolkit in the form of a cookbook that combines recipes with a basic financial health curriculum for immigrant families who are undocumented.

Katie Fruin is an internal medicine resident at UCLA within the VA/Santa Monica Primary Care Track. Her family’s experiences as refugees instilled in her a passion for addressing the health needs of vulnerable populations.

As an internal medicine resident in UCLA’s Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, Dr. Fruin provides primary care to veterans experiencing homelessness at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, inpatient care to residents of the San Fernando Valley at Olive View Medical Center, and Angelenos from across the county seeking quaternary care at UCLA Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica hospitals.

Dr. Fruin’s research focuses on how improving economic development and financial health can improve physical and mental health outcomes. She is excited for the opportunity to partner with No Us Without You, an innovative nonprofit combating financial insecurity among undocumented restaurant workers and their families.