About Me

I am a Clinical and Developmental Psychology Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow in the ORCHIDS Lab at the University of Oregon, advised by Dr. Sheila E. Crowell. My research examines how adversity and social determinants of health become biologically embedded to shape mental and physical health trajectories across development and generations. Drawing from developmental psychopathology and stress physiology, I investigate intergenerational trauma, physiological regulation, and biological processes using longitudinal and multi-method approaches. I conceptualize risk and resilience as products of dynamic developmental systems in which social conditions, biological processes, and lived experience continuously interact across time.

I am a clinical scientist guided by values of equity, integration, and respect for lived experience. My work is grounded in the belief that adversity-related suffering is not biologically predetermined nor reflective of individual failure, but emerges from developmental, intergenerational, and systemic processes. By identifying modifiable mechanisms across levels of analysis, I aim to inform equitable prevention and early intervention strategies that interrupt intergenerational pathways of harm.

Before beginning my doctoral training, I worked as a Research Coordinator and Lab Manager at Claremont McKenna College and UC Riverside. I earned my B.S. in Psychology from UC Riverside, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Outside of research, I enjoy spending time with my partner and pets, reading, and recharging through tea and creative projects.