
Eve Adair
She/Her/Hers • Graphic Designer • Communications Coordinator • Communications Team

Sheba Aikawa, MA
Graduate Research Assistant • She/Her/Hers • Girls Like Us

Fatim Al Majid, BA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant

Lidya Alebachew
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator

Adriana Alvarez, PhD
Faculty Fellow • Assistant Professor

Elena Aranda, MA
Professional Research Assistant • Alma

Natalie Avalos
She/Her/Hers • Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies • Dalai Lama Fellows

Ari Baharmast
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Lab Assistants

Sujan Barama
Student Assistant III

Sofia Barnes-Horowitz, BA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant

Desiree Bauer, MPH
She/Her/Hers • Research Assistant , Alma

Shannon Beckner
She/Her/Hers • Peer Mentor, Alma

Gav Bell, BA
Professional Research Assistant

Julia C. Zigarelli, PhD
she/her/hers • Institute Associate Director, Research Associate

Ana Carcoba
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator

Wanda Cardenas, MA
Assistant Director of Finance and HR
Finance Department

Carla Cariño
Community Designer

Martin Castorena, BA
Office Manager

Anahi Collado, PhD
Assistant Research Professor

Kathryn Costello
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student 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 Department

Riley Dudley
He/Him/His • Front Desk Student Assistant

Carlie Fall
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator

Angela Farone, MA
Assistant Dean, Advancement

Nadia Floyd
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant

Josh Forristall
Student Mentor, Mindful Campus Program

Anne Fritzson, BA
Graduate Research Assistant

Kit Ganzle
They/Them/Theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, GIST Lab • Undergraduate Research Fellow • Our Campus

Holly Gayley, PhD
Affiliate Faculty

Emily Gleason, PhD
Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Visiting Associate Professor, School of Education

Ryan Guild
Senior Project Manager • Professional Research Assistant

Chelsea Hackett, PhD
Research Associate

Dylanie Herbstreit
Student Assistant I

Wendy Herron
BVSD Partner

Heylee Hewawasam
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator

Laurel Hicks, PhD
she/her/hers • Research Associate

Esther M. Horowitz, MA
Staff Counselor and Intake Coordinator • Bilingual Spanish/English

Sam Hubley, PhD
Director of Finance & Grants, Assistant Research Professor
Finance Department

Alexis Hunter
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant

Lavinia Iosof
Development Assistant, Advancement

Morgan Johnson
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2

Rosi Kaiser, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Jamesie Kaiʻaokamālie Spencer
she/her/hers • Student Assistant I

Alyssa Keller
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2

Chelsea Kilimnik, PhD
she/her/hers • Assistant Professor

Ben Kirshner, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education

Paige Knoblock
She/Her/Hers • Student Assistant I

Grace Lajoie
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2

Serena Langdon-Dimidjian
Student Assistant I

Analyce Leigh
Finance/Accounting Technician I
Finance Department

Joey Levy, BA
Graduate Research Assistant

Carolina Licalzi
She/Her/Hers • Executive Assistant

Jill Litt, PhD
Professor, Environmental Health, CU Boulder • Affiliate Faculty, Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Pia Lea Long, B.A.
She/Her/Hers • Peer Trainer and Coach, Alma and Mood Balance for Moms

Solicia Lopez
She/Her/Hers • Co-Investigator, Voices of Healing

Nicole Martinez
Peer Mentor, Alma

Bree McCarty
she/her/hers • Peer Facilitator

Caitlin McKimmy, MTS, MA
Graduate Research Assistant

Donna Mejia, MFA
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Inaugural Chancellor’s Health and Wellness Scholar in Residence

Christopher Mellinger, PhD
Research Scientist I

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

Paloma Murath
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator

Stella N. Lunyaramoi, CSM
She/Her/Hers • Advancement Team

Juan Niño
Director of Communications • Communications Team

Chloe Nowak
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2

Kalonji Nzinga, PhD
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences & Human Development, CU Boulder • Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Shawn O'Neal
Graduate Research Assistant

Allison Ofori
She/Her/Hers • Peer Facilitator

Marlene Palomar
Graduate Research Assistant

Bernadette Park, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Leah Peña Teeters, PhD
Outreach and Education Program Director

Bill Penuel, PhD
Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, School of Education

Jazmyne Peters, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Research Associate

Ashley Potvin, PhD
Research Associate

Noor Rajpal
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant • Communications Team

Carly Reid
Social Media Coordinator

Michelle Reininger, PhD
Director of Research Partnerships & Data Initiatives

El Rice
They/Them/Theirs • Outreach & Event Coordinator

Samantha Ridgeway
Student Assistant I

Maya Rieselbach, MA
She/Her/Hers • Graduate Research Assistant

Sachi Rohilla
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Student Assistant

Sienna Russell
she/her/hers • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 1

Ashby Lavelle Sachs, MS
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

Kathy Schultz, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Dean and Professor, School of Education

Michelle Shedro, MA
Outreach and Education Program Manager

Nya Joy Simmons
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Michele D. Simpson, J.D.
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

Lore Stacey
they/them/theirs • Undergraduate Student Assistant, Our Campus

Samantha Strife, PhD
Senior Research Associate, Renée Crown Wellness Institute

Sondra Teske
Peer Mentor, Alma

Jill Trammell, M.S, M.S, LPC
Compliance and Research Integrity Program Director

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

Susannah Welch, MA
She/Her/Hers • Professional Research Assistant • Peer Coach

Karia White
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Erik Willcutt, PhD
Founding Faculty Fellow, Renée Crown Wellness Institute • Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Alexander Williams
Graduate Research Assistant

Tamra Wiser
Peer Mentor, Alma

Millie Wright
Mindfulness Teacher • Mindful Campus Project

Zane Zakroff
He/Him/His • Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cohort 2

Winnie (Wen) Zhuang, PhD
She/Her/Hers • Undergraduate Mentor and Psychological Sciences Researcher