Dr. Leia Belt, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts' (SSHA) Department of Sociology since January 2024. She holds an interdisciplinary PhD specializing...

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

Brenda Castañeda-Castañeda is a Staff Research Associate in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. Brenda currently assists with qualitative research...