Email: vanessavelazquez@csu.fullerton.edu 

Vanessa is a Ronald E. McNair Scholar. She is interested in examining the direct and indirect effects of climate change in communities that are most exposed to and affected by climate change disasters. Vanessa will graduate from CSU Fullerton Spring of 2026 majoring in both Psychology and Public Health. She aims to pursue a Ph.D. in Social/Community Psychology and is interested in exploring how communities' mental health, behaviors, and environmental impacts are affected by the increase of climate change. 

Email: skylarprandle@csu.fullerton.edu 

Skylar is a part of the Ronald E. McNair Scholars program. She currently leads a project on media sexualization and stereotypes of Black women. Skylar will graduate from CSU Fullerton in Spring 2026, majoring in both Psychology and African American Studies and minoring in American Studies. She aims to pursue a Ph.D. in Social Psychology or African American Studies with an interest in the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality on the interpersonal relationships of intergroup relations involving the Black community.

Email: VHains@csu.fullerton.edu 

Victoria is a graduate student in the Master of Science in Clinical Psychology program, with interests in both mixed-methods research and therapeutic practice. She is currently conducting thesis research on stress, trauma, and emotion regulation. In the future, Victoria hopes to focus her clinical work on creating affirming therapeutic environments for individuals who present as and/or experience themselves as feminine, and who identify as neurodivergent and/or as gender and sexual minorities.