Dimple has her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology through the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, National Louis University. She holds a Bachelor's degree from DePaul University. Dimple actively participates in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Community Walk as a committee member and team captain for Team Patel, which was developed upon losing her mother to suicide in 2011. Dimple has participated in a project developed by McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School, called Deconstructing Stigma: A Change in Thought Can Change a Life (displayed at Boston Logan International Airport). Dimple is extremely passionate about bringing awareness to South Asian mental issues that are often stigmatized.
