“ Child and adolescent psychology pulled me deepest, and what fascinated me most was how lived experience, intergenerational relationships, traumas, and cultural identities can shape our deepest thoughts, behaviors, and motivations into adulthood.”

Jessica Song

Content Designer

This week, we’re excited to spotlight Jessica Song, Content Designer at Clay. We chatted with Jessica to learn more about her deep experience working in emotional and behavioral development and how it impacts her work at Clay. For the past 15 years, Jess has been using language to empower communities and change the way they deal with behavioral health. Read below to learn more!

Tell us about you – what’s your background?

I have 15 years of experience designing unique, high-engagement, trauma-informed emotional & behavioral development curricula for underserved communities. My specialty is integrating mental health frameworks into untraditional, everyday spaces. I also teach emotion-focused journaling to adults, combining counseling frameworks, healthy communication approaches, and relationship dynamics into topics like emotional resilience, boundaries, and core values.

Were you always interested in working in early childhood/pediatric behavioral health?

Initially, I planned to become a writer. I realized mid-degree that my writing energized around human behavior, and immediately pivoted to pursue psychology. Child and adolescent psychology pulled me deepest, and what fascinated me most was how lived experience, intergenerational relationships, traumas, and cultural identities can shape our deepest thoughts, behaviors, and motivations into adulthood. I committed my entire career path around this awareness.

What brought you to Clay?

When you spend years looking for something difficult to find, you know the second you meet it. I spent half my life seeking to create bigger, systemic changes to emotional/mental health. One conversation with Clay and I knew – everyone on this team was determined to do the same, and we would do it, together. 

What do you like most about your job?

I get to use language to empower communities. I get to use language to improve health systems. I get to use language to bring together brilliant minds and unlock barriers to care. And finally, I get to continue investing into the mental health space on a different and higher-impact scale.

What is the best part about working at Clay?

I am honored to be part of a team that values each other, invests in each other, cares for each other’s well-being, uplifts each other, teaches each other, and roots for each other. It is a gift to feel empowered at work every day.

What’s an interesting fact about yourself?

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. I studied art since I was 11 years old and am an avid painter, interior decorator, reader, and writer.

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