Olivia (she/her/hers) graduated from Yale University in 2025 with a B.S. in Psychology and a second major in History. While at Yale, she worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Affect Regulation and Cognition Lab with PhD student Jessica Duda and Dr. Jutta Joormann, as well as in the Learning, Language, and Multisensory Brain Lab with Dr. David Lewkowicz. In the summer of 2024, Olivia contributed to research at NYU’s Culture, Families, and Early Development Lab. She completed her senior thesis on risk and protective factors for anxiety and depressive symptoms among student-athletes at Yale. 

Olivia is eager to gain research experience in the PINE Lab and contribute to work that advances understanding of positive socioemotional development, and hopes to pursue graduate study in the future. In her free time, she enjoys reading, biking, and discovering new cafés around Boston.