I aspire to continually “pay it forward” by actively (1) sharing research with the non-scientific community, (2) getting involved with policy, and (3) inspiring healthy lifestyles.
(1) I served as the outreach coordinator for UCLA Psychology in Action, and currently am an active member. Throughout the academic year, we share interesting and relevant psychology topics to diverse populations including elementary and high school students, and children from disadvantaged neighborhoods. You can check out our most recent events here. If you are local in LA and have a population in mind for us to present to, please contact me!
(2) In 2014, I was appointed as the health psychology representative for the APA Science Student Council and in 2015 I served as Chair. You can check out our accomplishments here. Although my term is now over, I continue to be an advocate for research-orientated graduate students and for psychological science. You can read more about my stance here.
(3) I served as a graduate student researcher for the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative. My work promoted food studies and healthy practices at UCLA. At a more personal level, I've been a dancer since coming out of the womb. I aim to never forget the benefits of exercise on physical and mental health, and to dance so others never forget too. I love cooking vegetables for my friends in appealing ways. Broccoli can be sexy too (if you give it a chance). I also love and respect this planet Earth and will pick up trash for you if you drop it in a hurry.
Don't be fooled, however. I am not one to judge or discriminate. There is a chance you'd catch me at a Taco Bell ordering fiesta potatoes. What I am one to do is listen, analyze, and help. I frequently think about quality of life and how to best achieve it, and in the process I try to connect with others as we do the best we can to just feel good. If my research can find a way where we can still enjoy rewards in life without detriments to personal, public, global, and environmental health, well, that would just be fabulous.
(1) I served as the outreach coordinator for UCLA Psychology in Action, and currently am an active member. Throughout the academic year, we share interesting and relevant psychology topics to diverse populations including elementary and high school students, and children from disadvantaged neighborhoods. You can check out our most recent events here. If you are local in LA and have a population in mind for us to present to, please contact me!
(2) In 2014, I was appointed as the health psychology representative for the APA Science Student Council and in 2015 I served as Chair. You can check out our accomplishments here. Although my term is now over, I continue to be an advocate for research-orientated graduate students and for psychological science. You can read more about my stance here.
(3) I served as a graduate student researcher for the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative. My work promoted food studies and healthy practices at UCLA. At a more personal level, I've been a dancer since coming out of the womb. I aim to never forget the benefits of exercise on physical and mental health, and to dance so others never forget too. I love cooking vegetables for my friends in appealing ways. Broccoli can be sexy too (if you give it a chance). I also love and respect this planet Earth and will pick up trash for you if you drop it in a hurry.
Don't be fooled, however. I am not one to judge or discriminate. There is a chance you'd catch me at a Taco Bell ordering fiesta potatoes. What I am one to do is listen, analyze, and help. I frequently think about quality of life and how to best achieve it, and in the process I try to connect with others as we do the best we can to just feel good. If my research can find a way where we can still enjoy rewards in life without detriments to personal, public, global, and environmental health, well, that would just be fabulous.
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