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 predicted infant biobehavioral reactivity and regulation (e.g., behavioral stress regulation) 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 in 2019 with double major in Psychology and History. 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 under the mentorship of Drs. Mary O’Brien, Emily Cooney, Seth Axelrod, and Margaret Holland. My senior honors thesis tested the associations of family dynamics during conflict discussion on youth depressive symptoms.