Olivia was a Summer 2024 Research Assistant for the NYU CFD lab. She went on to continue pursuing her degree at Yale University studying psychology and history, with a certificate in Spanish.  

Catherine was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. 

Natalia was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. She went on to work as a Research Assistant in the Neurocognition, Early Experience and Development Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. 

Laura was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab.

Ilse was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. 

Claire was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab.

Mackenzie was a doctoral student in the developmental psychology program at NYU Steinhardt and worked with the CFD lab from 2022 to 2024. She graduated with her PhD in 2024. Her research takes a social-cultural approach to examining infants’ and toddlers’ experiences with and exposure to math language (i.e., words for numbers, shapes, spatial relations) in their everyday lives. She previously worked in early childhood grantmaking at the Robin Hood Foundation and studied child development at Vanderbilt University (go 'Dores!).

Viviana worked in the CFD lab for six years as the lab manager. She graduated from NYU's Masters of Fine Arts program in 2024, and went on to work as the Business Operations Manager at Success Academy Charter Schools.

Verónica worked in the CFD Lab for five years, where she predominantly conducted research on the development of early math skills in Latino children. She holds a BS in Applied Psychology and an MS in Applied Statistics from NYU. She went on to pursue her PhD in the Psychology and Social Intervention Program at NYU to expand culturally informed research at the intersection of psychology and education and improve methodologies used to study marginalized communities. Although she is not directly involved in the lab anymore, she continues to work on some projects with the team.

Isabel was a student in the Applied Psychology program with a minor in music at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab.

Cidney was a student in the Applied Psychology undergraduate program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. She went on to pursue her masters’ degree at the Harvard School of Education.

Melanie was a Anthropology undergraduate student in the program of Colombian School Of Arts And Sciences at George Washington University, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab.

Nathalia was a research assistant at the CFD lab from 2021-2022, and was involved with the coding of teaching styles and pretend play in parent-child interactions. She graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she completed an individualized major exploring the ways that narratives can inform educational practices.

Hallie was an undergraduate at Hobart and William Smith colleges where she studied Psychology with a minor in Spanish, and was a research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. Hallie went on to work as a Care Navigator at Quartet Health, where she helps connect patients to mental healthcare.

Sergio was a student in the Applied Psychology ungraduate program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. He went on to work as a Research Associate at the Columbia University School of Nursing, where he provides support to multiple NIH-funded projects in HIV prevention and management such as recruiting and enrolling study subjects from diverse and vulnerable populations, collecting observational and survey data, managing logistics, and performing other research activities.

Macarena was a student in the Applied Psychology Program at NYU, and an undergraduate research assistant for the NYU CFD Lab. She went on to work as a Postgraduate Research Associate at the Division of Quality and Innovation at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. She and her colleagues are developing strategies to implement measurement-based care (MBC) at the system level, as well as investigating adolescent treatment drop out reasons to improve patient engagement.