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Graduate Students

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Interested in joining the PhD program in Clinical Psychology? Please see the admissions page.

Maggie Gillen, M.A.

Clinical Psychology & Community Psychology PhD Student (UMBC)

I received my B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Loyola University Maryland, and completed my M.A. in Applied Psychology at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland. My current research interests prioritize consideration for ecological contexts that inform barriers to care, culturally congruent treatment, and pre-existing strengths to facilitate positive socioemotional development for children in immigrant families. I am also interested in utilizing community-based participatory research methods in my work.

Rebecca La Costa, M.A.

Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate (CUA)

I obtained my undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Spanish at Loyola University, Maryland. My interests center on children, language, behavior, and family systems. Externship placements have included Children's National's Primary Care clinic and Kennedy Krieger Institute's Department of Neuropsychology.

Mariafernanda Macias, B.S.

Clinical Psychology PhD Student (CUA)

I received my B.S. in Psychology and Family and Child Sciences from Florida State University in 2021. I am currently pursing my doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with a focus in Children, Families, and Cultures, at The Catholic University of America. My clinical interests include serving bilingual children and families, specifically Spanish-speaking families. My research interests focus on investigating contextual factors, unique to Latinx families, that promote risk or resilience to children’s behavioral, social, and emotional development, parenting behaviors, and family relationships.

Undergraduate Students

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Maria Quino (UMBC)

Hi my name is Maria Quino a first-generation senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a Biopsychology Specialization. I am fascinated in understanding body and mind mechanisms in connection to depression, anxiety, ptsd, trauma responses, rumination, and symptom somatic disorders. I find warmth in my heart to hear a human being holistically through story-telling and understanding the root of things. I am interested in exploring SES, childhood, emotional regulation in both children and young adults. Post-Graduation, I'm considering a PsyD or PhD program in clinical health psychology and hope to write a book one day.

Luciana Briceno (UMBC)

I am a first generation college student pursuing my B.A. in Psychology at the Universities at Shady Grove, UMBC. I had worked as a children’s caretaker full time, and am inclined to learning about human behavior and development. I will be pursuing my M.A. in Counseling Psychology, with a focus on aging adults. My interests are centered on health psychology and the many ways in which physical wellbeing leads to mental wellbeing.

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