I’m an NICHD F32 Postdoctoral Fellow in the NeuroEndocrinology of Social Ties Lab at the University of Southern California, led by Dr. Darby Saxbe, where I research biopsychosocial processes during the perinatal period that influence family health and child development.

I received my doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2025, with a major in Health Psychology and a minor in Quantitative Psychology. My dissertation examined biopsychosocial processes that shape infant biobehavioral stress regulation, a core component of lifespan functioning, during the prenatal period and early infancy. As a graduate student, I was a member of the Stress Processes and Pregnancy Lab, led by Dr. Christine Dunkel Schetter, and the ADHD and Development Lab, led by Dr. Steve S. Lee. My graduate research training was supported by an NIMH predoctoral T32 traineeship on Biobehavioral Issues in Mental and Physical Health and several UCLA Fellowships.

Before UCLA, I graduated from Yale University with a double major in Psychology and History, where I developed my initial interests in how early environments influence health through research and clinical experiences at the Yale Psychology Department Clinic, Yale School of Nursing, and Yale-New Haven Hospital. My senior honors thesis tested the associations between family dynamics during conflict discussion and youth depressive symptoms.