Graduation!

Excited to see where the future takes me! 🎓

Today I finally got to walk for my graduation ceremony as both an honors graduate and department honors candidate for psychology.

A recap of my time at The New School:

🏆 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with honors, and with departmental honors
🏆Final GPA of 3.96
🏆Dean’s list for all semesters
🏆Psi Chi Scholar
🏆Psi Chi grant recipient
🏆The New School travel grant recipient
🏆The New School merit scholarship recipient

✔️President of Psychology Club
✔️President of Psi Chi Honors Society
✔️Co-authored chapter in “Gender, Power, and Agency in Online Sex Work” (to be published by Routledge)
✔️Presented original research at several national psychology conferences.
✔️ Presented a talk at the GSSI Gender Matter’s Symposium
✔️Studied abroad at King’s College London
✔️Co-lead & volunteered for Connections Elderly Outreach Program

💼 Research assistant & lab website coordinator for The SexTech Lab
💼 Research assistant for the Cultural Psychology Lab
💼 Research assistant for the Psychopathology Lab
💼 Research assistant for the Trauma and Affextive Psychophysiology Lab

Throughout undergrad I met turbulent times- working through a pandemic, a university strike, commuting back and forth to classes through NYC floods and blizzards, and working weekends as a waitress. I switched from being a design student at Parsons (lessons in creative thinking I still apply in my academic work today), to finding my home in the psychology department at Lang. However, all of this would not have been possible without the immense support and love from the people around me; including my family, teachers, friends, and colleagues.

I see this achievement in the context of my early education in pre-k, and am excited to continue learning into graduate school. I would especially like to thank my immigrant grandparents, who took care of me everyday after elementary school- driving and feeding me while my parents worked. In addition to my family, I would also like to thank mentors such as Dr. Pani Farvid, Emily Weiss, and Sally McHugh, for always showing me new directions for growth. ❤️