Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles California, is a third-year student at the University of California, Merced pursuing an undergraduate degree in Public Health. She is a Student Researcher in Dr...

Brenda Castañeda-Castañeda is a Junior Specialist in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. Brenda assists with research on education and obesity...

Jeren Gochyyeva is from the Bay Area and is currently a second-year Computer Science and Engineering student at UC Merced. Her interest in data science and its applications in public health developed...

Rebecca Martinez is a Staff Researcher for the HOPe Lab at UC Merced, in collaboration with Faith in the Valley, Fresno. Rebecca graduated with a BA in Public Health at the University of California...

Kimberly Montanez is a fourth-year public health major here at UC Merced. She is a Central Valley local. During the pandemic, her interest for public health and her desire to help our community stay...

Irene Yen is the principal investigator and director of the HOPe Lab. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and her MPH and PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a social epidemiologist, a public...