Eve Adair
She/Her/Hers • Graphic Designer • Communications Coordinator
Communications
Sheba Aikawa, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • She/Her/Hers • Girls Like Us
Isabel Almeida
Spanish-Speaking Peer Mentor and Trainer, Alma
Adriana Alvarez, PhD
Faculty Fellow • Assistant Professor
Adelina Aponte-Figueroa
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Alma • Student Mentor, Mindful Campus Program
Joanna Arch, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Yvonne Kristy Endowed Chair, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder • Member, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center
Natalie Avalos, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies • Dalai Lama Fellows • Mindful Campus Program
Tessa Awald
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • Mindful Campus Program
Ari Baharmast
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Lab Assistants • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Sofia Barnes-Horowitz, BA
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant • RADD Lab • CU WellBrain
Desiree Bauer, MPH
She/Her/Hers • Senior Project Manager, Alma
Shannon Beckner, BA
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor and Trainer, Alma
Jenna Bensko
She/Her/Hers • Research and Curriculum Project Manager
Outreach and Education
Alexis (Lex) Brown
She/Her/Hers • Data and Project Manager • BWell
Data and Systems
Julia C. Zigarelli, PhD
she/her/hers • Institute Deputy Director • Clinical Graduate Faculty • Autores de Nuestras Historias/Authoring Our Stories • Belonging and Trust • BWell • Circles de Confianza • InsideU
Ana Carcoba
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator • mind. body. voice.
Wanda Cardenas, MA
Assistant Director
Finance & Personnel
Carla Cariño
Community Designer • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Martin Castorena, MA
Manager of Building Operations
Data and Systems | Communications
Kathy Cesta
Student Mentor • Mindful Campus Program
Mateo Chavez
Graduate Research Assistant • OASIS
Lizbeth Clemente
Spanish-Speaking Peer Mentor and Community Outreach Liaison, Alma
Anahi Collado, PhD
Assistant Research Professor • Alma • BWell • mind. body. voice. • SanaMente
Lucas Cutter
Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems
Sam Daley
Head of Product, Education and Learning • Liquid Interactive
Gracia Deras
She/Her/Hers • Spanish-Speaking Peer Mentor and Trainer, Alma • Professional Research Assistant
Sona Dimidjian, PhD
Institute Director and Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Sapp Family Endowed Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Grace Dostart, BA
Professional Research Assistant • Senior Project Manager
Finance & Personnel | Data and Systems
Hillary Faichnie, BA
She/Her/Hers • HR Coordinator
Finance & Personnel
Angela Farone, MA
Assistant Dean
Advancement
Beatriz Ferrufino
Spanish-Speaking Peer Mentor and Trainer
Lauren Finkelstein
Graduate Research Assistant • OASIS
Madeline Firestone, BA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant • CU WellBrain
Nadia Floyd
She/Her/Hers • Girls Like Us • Graduate Research Assistant
Josh Forristall
Co-Designer • Mindful Campus Program
Anne Fritzson, BA
Graduate Research Assistant • Colorado Lullaby • mind. body. voice.
Ava Ganter
Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems
Kit Ganzle
They/Them/Theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, GIST Lab • Undergraduate Research Fellow • Also Our Campus
Holly Gayley, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies • Co-Director of the Tibet Himalaya Initiative • Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Colorado Boulder • Mindful Campus Program
Emily Gleason, PhD
Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Visiting Associate Professor, School of Education
Irene González-Ceballos, MA
Visiting Scholar • BWell
Outreach and Education
Matt Goodwin
Audio Producer • Composer/Musician
Tyler Grimes
PhD Student
Ryan Guild
Senior Project Manager • Professional Research Assistant
Data and Systems
Brenda Gutierrez
Spanish-Speaking Peer Mentor, Alma
Tatum Hendrick
She/Her/Hers • Student Research Assistant • Also Our Campus
Sarah Hermann
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • OASIS
Wendy Herron
BVSD Partner • mind. body. voice.
Laurel Hicks, PhD
she/her/hers • Research Associate
Esther M. Horowitz, MA
Staff Counselor and Intake Coordinator • Bilingual Spanish/English • Mindful Campus Program
Sam Hubley, PhD
Director of Finance & Grants, Assistant Research Professor
Finance & Personnel
Alexis Hunter
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant • Voices of Healing
Lorena Ibarra
Spanish-Speaking Community Outreach Liaison • Alma • mind. body. voice.
Lavinia Iosof
Senior Development Assistant
Advancement
Olivia Jaramillo
Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems
Morgan Johnson
She/Her/Hers • InsideU • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2
Aachey Susan Jurow
Professor • Radical Wellness for Educators of Color
Rosi Kaiser, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Vijay Khatri
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Tandean Rustandy Endowed Dean, Leeds School of Business
Chelsea Kilimnik, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Assistant Professor • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Also Our Campus • mind. body. voice.
Ben Kirshner, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education
Tara Knight, MFA
Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado Boulder
Kachine Kulick, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Multimodal Qualitative Researcher • BWell
Outreach and Education
Grace Lajoie
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2
Serena Langdon-Dimidjian
Student Assistant I • mind. body. voice.
Ayla Lantz
She/Her/Hers • Temporary researcher • mind. body. voice.
Analyce Leigh
Finance/Accounting Technician I
Finance & Personnel
Joey Levy, MA
Graduate Research Assistant, Alma
Carolina Licalzi
She/Her/Hers • Executive Assistant
Data and Systems
Alexandra Liepmann
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant • Also Our Campus
Jill Litt, PhD
Professor, Environmental Health, CU Boulder • Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Pia Lea Long, BA
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor and Trainer, Alma and Mood Balance for Moms
Solicia Lopez
She/Her/Hers • Co-Investigator, Voices of Healing
Caroline Mann
Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems
Ari Martinez, MA
They/Them/Theirs • Professional Research Assistant • mind. body. voice.
Bree McCarty, BA
She/Her/Hers • Temporary Researcher • mind. body. voice.
Caitlin McKimmy, MTS, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • Mindful Campus Program
Donna Mejia, MFA
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Also Our Campus • Dalai Lama Fellows • Fumble Forward • Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Mindful Campus Program • Interdisciplinary Librarian for Inclusive Studies
Christopher Mellinger, PhD
Research Scientist I • BWell • mind. body. voice. • Undegraduate Research Fellows • UPWARD
Data and Systems
Marisa Mendoza-Maurer, PhD Student
She/Her/Hers • Course Facilitator
Boys & Girls Clubs Metro Denver Mental Health Team
Mental Health Team
Charlie Misraje
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • OASIS
Yuko Munakata, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Research Affiliate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, CU Boulder • Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Mind & Brain, University of California, Davis
Jaimie Murray
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • OASIS
Stella N. Lunyaramoi, CSM
She/Her/Hers • Associate Director of Development and Engagement
Advancement
Juan Niño
Director of Communications
Communications
Chloe Nowak
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2 • BWell
Kalonji Nzinga, PhD
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences & Human Development, CU Boulder • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Shawn O'Neal, PhD candidate
Graduate Research Assistant • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Allison Ofori
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator • Mindful Campus Program • mind. body. voice.
Antonella Onofrietti Magrassi, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Research Associate • Alma • BWell • mind. body. voice. • SanaMente
Adria Padilla-Chavez, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • Autores de Nuestras Historias / Authoring Our Stories • Belonging and Trust
Marlene Palomar
Graduate Research Assistant • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Bernadette Park, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Leah Peña Teeters, PhD
Program Director • Authoring Our Stories • BWell • Circles de Confianza • Mindful Campus Program
Outreach and Education
Bill Penuel, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education • Compassion and Dignity for Educators • Mindful Campus Program
Jazmyne Peters, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Research Associate • Girls Like Us • mind. body. voice.
Christopher Pham
He/Him/His • Student Mentor • Mindful Campus Program
Evava (Eva) Pietri, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Undergraduate Research Fellows Program • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Emma Piper-Burket
PhD Student
Danielle Ponder
Voice Artist • InsideU
Ashley Potvin, PhD
Research Associate • BWell • Compassion and Dignity for Educators • Fumble Forward
Reiland Rabaka, Ph.D
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Director, Center for African and African American Studies • Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
Noor Rajpal
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • Communications
Carly Reid
Social Media Coordinator
Communications
Michelle Reininger, PhD
Director of Research Partnerships & Data Initiatives • BWell
Data and Systems
El Rice
They/Them/Theirs • Outreach & Event Coordinator
Outreach and Education
Sachi Rohilla
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • Also Our Campus
Sienna Russell
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 1
Eloise (Ellie) Ryersen
She/Her/Hers • Front Desk Student Assistant
Data and Systems
Ashby Lavelle Sachs, MS
Graduate Research Assistant
Beatriz Salazar
Graduate Research Assistant
Kylie Sambirsky
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Alma • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 1
Shubham Sapkota, PhD
He/Him/His • Research Associate • Contemplative Programs and Scholars Leader • Mindful Campus Program • Dalai Lama Fellow Program
Outreach and Education
Alane Schmelkin, PhD
Graduate Research Assistant • OASIS
Kathy Schultz, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Dean and Professor, School of Education
Michelle Shedro, MA
Outreach and Education Program Manager • Professional Research Assistant • Belonging and Trust • BWell • Circles de Confianza • Compassion and Dignity for Educators
Outreach and Education
Journey Simmons
Graduate Student • Girls Like Us • mind. body. voice.
Nya Joy Simmons
Undergraduate Research Assistant • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Michele D. Simpson, JD
Faculty Affiliate & Research Associate, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Teaching Professor, Creative Minds & Honors Residential Academic Programs • Faculty Affiliate, Center for African & African American Studies • BWell • Girls Like Us • mind. body. voice. • Mindful Campus Program
Lore Stacey
They/Them/Theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Also Our Campus
Samantha Strife, PhD
Senior Research Associate • mind. body. voice.
Sondra Teske, MA
Peer Mentor, Alma
Gianni Tills
Content Designer • Liquid Interactive
Jill Trammell, M.S, M.S, LPC
Compliance and Research Integrity Program Director
Compliance & Research Integrity
Blanca Trejo Aguilera, MA
Graduate Student • Belonging and Trust • Circles de Confianza
Diego Vidaurre
Undergraduate Student Assistant • He/His/Him • BWell • mind. body. voice. • LatinaStrong • SanaMente
Stephen Voida, PhD
Founding Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science, College of Media, Communication and Information, CU Boulder • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Media, Communication and Information, CU Boulder • Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Zach Volheim
Undergraduate Student
Susannah Welch, MA
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor and Trainer, Alma • Professional Research Assistant
Erik Willcutt, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Alexander Williams, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • Lyripeutics Storytelling Project
Millie Wright
Mindfulness Teacher • Mindful Campus Project
Winnie (Wen) Zhuang, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Mentor and Psychological Sciences Researcher
Outreach and Education