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 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 currently assists with qualitative research on women...