Heart to Heart

Designed by Alex Schwartzberg and Joyce Tsui

Heart to Heart is an app that makes navigating mental health easier for multilingual families. This app concept won third place in the Adobe Creative Jam: Design for Good challenge.

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Our Approach

We wanted to address a common issue in our community, which is that multilingual families often have trouble discussing mental health openly.  Cultural and language barriers can stand in the way, as well as a lack of resources readily available in different languages.

We designed Heart to Heart by interviewing parents and children of multilingual families to find out what struggles they faced and how to best approach them.

Our Approach

We wanted to address a common issue in our community, which is that multilingual families often have trouble discussing mental health openly.  Cultural and language barriers can stand in the way, as well as a lack of resources readily available in different languages.

We designed Heart to Heart by interviewing parents and children of multilingual families to find out what struggles they faced and how to best approach them.

Language-learning features help users express themselves more clearly

Articles in multiple languages keep families on the same page about mental health

In-app messaging facilitates communication and lets users share resources easily

Language-learning features help users express themselves more clearly

Language-learning features help users express themselves more clearly

Articles in multiple languages keep families on the same page about mental health

Articles in multiple languages keep families on the same page about mental health

In-app messaging facilitates communication and lets users share resources easily

In-app messaging facilitates communication and lets users share resources easily

Text-to-speech is available for articles and words within the app, for users who are more proficient in speaking a language than reading it.

Text-to-speech is available for articles and words within the app, for users who are more proficient in speaking a language than reading it.

Users can change their languages at any time by using the toolbar at the top of each page.

Users can change their languages at any time by using the toolbar at the top of each page.

Landscape mode displays pages in two different languages side-by-side for easy comparison

Landscape mode displays pages in two different languages side-by-side for easy comparison

By incorporating features specifically designed to help multilingual families, we created an app prototype with the potential to make a difference in people's lives.

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