Research Assistants

Mishell Carcamo (she/her/ella)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
mishellcarc16@ucla.edu
 

Mishell is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology with a minor in Central American Studies. She is interested in clinical psychology and her passion for equity and accessibility fuels her interest in making therapy accessible for everyone by dismantling language, cultural, and financial barriers. In the future, she hopes to be a licensed clinical social worker and help undocumented immigrants work through the traumas of migration, connection to resources, and community healing.

 

Hani Cho
Undergraduate Research Assistant
hanicho27@ucla.edu
 

Hani Cho is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychobiology and minoring in Art History. She is interested in exploring family dynamics in Asian American households, such as intergenerational trauma and emotional abuse, and their contributions to long term mental health outcomes. In the future, she hopes to become a psychiatrist specializing in serving Asian youth.

 

 

Alyssa Gore
Undergraduate Research Assistant
alyssadg7@gmail.com
 

Alyssa Gore is a second-year Psychology major with hopes to be a psychologist specializing in working with children in the foster care system. Her research interests focus mainly on the impact of mental health disorders and stress on child and adolescent development.

 

 

 

Sela Jasim
Undergraduate Research Assistant
selajasim@ucla.edu
 

Sela Jasim is a second year Psychobiology major. She has an interest in exploring mental health adversities of underserved communities, with a particular interest in refugee health. In the future, she would like to continue her education by going to medical school and becoming a psychiatrist. In her career, she hopes to help break down mental health stigmas in healthcare.

 

 

Kristina G. Lopez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
klopez320@g.ucla.edu
 

Kristina G. Lopez is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology with a minor in Chicana/o/x Studies. She is particularly interested in understanding the impacts and implications of systemic injustice on Latiné child development and mental health. Kristina aspires to be a mental health clinician in elementary school based settings in order to support the implementation of culturally competent mental health interventions and programs.

 

 

 

Tia Zhang (she/her/hers)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
agnitzh@g.ucla.edu
 

Tia is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology and Political Science and plans to develop a career in the field of clinical psychology. She is interested in research examining the influences of self-image, family education, and social systems on anxiety and depression psychopathology. She also aspires to apply psychological research to inform policies that improve access to mental health treatments through addressing mental health stigma, education, and financial barriers to care. The ideal goal for her is to find a way around a flawed political system and create an institution that better meets the psychological needs of everyday people.. In the future, she hopes to be a clinician and psychologist dedicated to enhancing the quality and accessibility of culturally adaptive psychotherapies, particularly for Asian communities.

 


Alumni Research Assistants

Dessery Arreola, B.A.
Ebony Beyah, B.A.
Kimberly Brown, B.A.
Alejandro Carranza, B.A.
Seerat Chawla, B.A.
Daniella Diaz, B.A.
Sara Fardeheb, B.A.
Sarah Hamza, B.A.
Jessica He, B.A.
Katherine Hernandez, B.A.
Joanna Huang, B.A.
Gena Doan Huynh, B.A.
Vidhi Jain, B.A.
Matthew Jimenez
Gloria Jiyoon Kim, B.A.
Irene Lee, B.A.
 
 
 
 
 
Nayeli Lopez-Ortiz, B.A.
Akansha Magal
Shahd Mahmoud, B.A.
Camille Marquez, B.A.
Elizabeth Marquez, B.A.
Luz Martinez, B.A.
Adriana Mororo, B.A.
Raksha Narasimhan, B.A.
Emmanuel Ogunrinde, B.A.
Aditi Reddy, B.A.
Artem Romanov, B.A.
Angela Somantri, B.A.
Makena Tinney, B.A.
Sara Wadhwa, B.A.
Nicole Muyan Xu
Victoria Yu, B.A.