I'm Monica, a researcher in Developmental Psychology. I am an incoming Postdoctoral Researcher in the Changing Brain Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
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I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and am a proud Milwaukee Public Schools grad. Thirteen years spent in racially and socioeconomically diverse schools deeply informed how I think about equity and education today, and led me to questions about the structure of schools and society that I haven't been able to stop asking since.
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Before completing my PhD at UC Berkeley, I attended Stanford University, and lived in Stanford's Ujamaa house. I completed an honors thesis under the guidance of Anne Fernald and Virginia Marchman, and then worked as an MRI research coordinator under the guidance of Ian Gotlib.
2015-2017
Stanford University
MRI Research Coordinator
Stanford Neurodevelopment, Affect, and Psychopathology (SNAP) Lab
PI: Ian Gotlib
2011-2015
Stanford University
B.A. with Honors in Psychology
Language Learning Lab
Advisors: Anne Fernald, Virginia Marchman
2023-present
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral researcher
The Changing Brain Lab
Advisor: Allyson Mackey
2017-2023
UC Berkeley
Ph.D. in Psychology
Language & Cognitive Development Lab
Building Blocks of Cognition Lab
Advisors: Mahesh Srinivasan, Silvia Bunge
Dissertation Committee: Mahesh Srinivasan, Silvia Bunge, Arianne Eason, Supreet Kaur