In 2017, Lucas Churchill, a member of the men's soccer team at UC Berkeley, faced an uphill battle with his mental health after a tough freshman year. Facing loss and challenges as a student-athlete, he turned to mindfulness and meditation. Amazed by how the practice helped him, he created CAL Athlete Led Mindfulness (CALM) and introduced it to the large student-athlete population at Berkeley. Now, he's leveraging his training in mindfulness to guide his next steps as he enters his senior year in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic.

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