As the daughter of Sri Lankan refugees and the first in her family to be born in the United States, Rashmi's talk explores how her familial background transformed her perception of empathy and redefined her understanding of its practice worldwide. She discusses the current challenges that restrict us from accessing our most profound sense of compassion and explores her self-designed, working model of active empathy as a way to address these obstacles. Through this work, she aims to answer and resolve one central question: why don't we care enough? Rashmi Raveendran is a current Emory University senior studying Anthropology and Quantitative Sciences while on the pre-medicine track. Outside of her academic involvement with research focusing on cardiometabolic disease and its prevalence among South Asians, she plays ultimate frisbee and the piano and is heavily dedicated to community service. As a child of Sri Lankan refugees and the first in her family to be born in the United States, Rashmi's talk explores how her familial background transformed her perception of empathy and redefined her understanding of its practice worldwide. She discusses the current challenges that restrict us from accessing our most profound sense of compassion and explores her self-designed, working model of active empathy as a way to address these obstacles. Through this work, she aims to answer and resolve one central question: why don't we care enough? This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx