Meera Aladin (2017)

Meera Aladin, MSEd is a PhD Candidate in Counseling Psychology at Fordham University. She has received clinical training across a variety of settings including inpatient and outpatient hospitals, community mental health centers, and VA medical centers. She is passionate about working with immigrant populations in New York City and has worked with individuals who experience acculturative stress, attachment-related difficulties, complex trauma, identity issues, and life transitions. She has contributed to research on topics related to the effects of ethnic/racial discrimination on youth’s socioemotional functioning and academic engagement, and the intersections of culture, social identities, and chronic health illnesses in South Asian American populations. Her dissertation study is a qualitative, phenomenological inquiry, exploring the lived experiences of South Asian American women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. She is completing her doctoral internship in Clinical Psychology at Lenox Hill Hospital. 

Alyssa Choi (2022)

Alyssa graduated with a B.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2022 where she started research with the UIUC Learning and Language Lab with Eye Tracking. ELAN transcription, and conducted research to study the role of text exposure on self-paced reading. Alyssa also became a part of the Culture, Heritage, and Racial Identity (CHRI) Lab where she conducted virtual interviews to assess service utilization and social identity models in college students. Alyssa was part of the Gameful Pedagogy team, which applied the "Gamer's Bill of Rights" to create a healthy and inclusive course syllabi template for the UIUC faculty and students. Alyssa's research will address the needs of the LGBTQ+ Korean American community and their intersectional identities. Alyssa was inspired by Fordham’s dedication to multicultural competence and social justice, which aligned with her own goals as a researcher and aspiring counselor. In her free time, she loves to take care of her plants, scope out the best cafes for iced oat milk lattes, read autobiographies, and take intentional, mindful naps for self-care.

Xinran (Gloria) Guo (2022)

Gloria is a second-year Master's student in Fordham University's School Counseling Program. She graduated with a B.A in German from East China University of Science and Technology in 2022. She is passionate about working with adolescents in k-12 school settings, helping students cope with academic, social-emotional, and immigrant challenges. She is now working in a public middle school in NYC as a school counselor intern, providing counseling services in English and Mandarin Chinese. In terms of her research pursuits, Gloria's primary focus revolves around the acculturation process of Chinese international students and the unique experiences of female Chinese international students.

Jocelyn Kim (2022)

Jocelyn is a third-year Counseling Psychology PhD student. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Psychological & Brain Sciences and Public Health. While living in Baltimore, she became engaged in multiple nonprofit programs and learned about the power communities had in tackling systemic issues and their trickle effects. These experiences sparked a passion for social justice and community strength-based approaches. After graduation, she worked at the Horga Lab for three years, exploring the neural mechanisms of psychosis in patients with schizophrenia and at high risk for psychosis. Her research interests include exploring the Asian-American identity and how its intersection may play a role in factors associated with depression and anxiety such as help-seeking, resilience, burn-out, and self-stigma. 

Sarah Kinane (2021)

Sarah Kinane is a third-year student in Fordham University's Counseling Psychology Program, having received her Master's degree in August 2023. Her primary research focus explores hapa (half-Asian, half-white) identity development and the sociocontextual factors that impact that process. She is currently exploring the phenomenological experiences and perspective of white-passing hapa cisgender heterosexual college students who attend predominantly White institutions regarding their gendered racial identity negotiations. As a hapa person, she hopes this research will broaden the current conceptualization of biracial identity models and inform the development of tailored mental health interventions for hapa individuals. Sarah utilizes an equity, social justice, and emancipatory framework in her clinical, research, and advocacy capacities.

Yena Li (2021)

Yena graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Smith College in 2021. She is currently a third-year student in Fordham University's School Psychology Program, with a concentration on Bilingual Psychology. During college, she was a part of the research team of the article "Identified protective factors to support psychological well-being among gender diverse autistic youth", and went to NASP 2022 in Boston to present this study with the principal investigator, Scott Greenspan. Yena's primary research interest includes the protective and risk factors of emotional disorders (such as depression, anxiety, and suicide-related behavior or ideation) of adolescents in middle and high school, in particular Chinese people born and raised in China and Chinese international students in America. She is currently investigating the lived experience of current Chinese college students who self-perceived as underperforming in Gaokao (a high-stakes National College Entrance Exam) but were still able to enroll in top-tier Colleges. In her free time, Yena loves to spend time with her cat, Adagio, and hamster, Bae. She is the bass player of a band called "Hang Him To the Scales”, and takes piano lessons in the evening division at Juilliard. 

Marguerite Shashoua (2023)

Marguerite Shashoua received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Fordham Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and her B.S. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University.  After college, she worked for several years at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University on a clinical trial for treatment-resistant depression in adolescents and a longitudinal study for children and adolescents living with pediatric bipolar disorder. While at Fordham’s Clinical Psychology program, she wrote two book chapters on self-injurious behaviors. Her master’s thesis examined the association between early maladaptive schemas associated with non-suicidal self-injury and childhood emotional abuse. After her master's, she continued doing research related to transracial Korean adoptees, exploring their conceptions of family and coming age. Her current research interests include exploring the effects of attachment trauma in childhood, including adoption.  Clinically, she wants to learn more about relationally-focused, trauma-informed interventions and gain practical therapeutic skills that facilitate personal growth and resilience. In her spare time, Marguerite enjoys listening to audiobooks, cooking foods from different cultures, and baking recipes with interesting ingredients.

Nina Shen (2022)

Nina Shen is a second-year Counseling Psychology doctoral student at Fordham University. She received her Master's in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College in 2021 and completed her Master's internship at the MassBay Community College Counseling Center. Currently, she is at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Adult Inpatient unit for her doctoral externship. Her research interests include examining the intersections of racial/ethnic identities, gender, and trauma among historically underserved groups. Her current research explores the influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on Asian American college students' friendships and romantic relationships.

Hannah Wing (2018)

Hannah Wing is a PhD Candidate in Fordham University’s Counseling Psychology Program, having received her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling in August 2020. As part of her clinical training, she has provided trauma-informed therapy to diverse populations across various settings: VA medical centers, civilian outpatient hospitals, college counseling, and community mental health. Her publications explore the identity development, racial and cultural socialization, and microaggression experiences of marginalized individuals, including people of color and Asian transracial adoptees. Her dissertation is a phenomenological qualitative study exploring female Chinese transracial adoptees’ experiences of family, romantic relationships, and parenthood. She is completing her doctoral internship at the Manhattan VA. 

James Park (2017)

James is a licensed clinical psychologist and Captain in the United States Army. He is completing his post-doctoral residency at Womack Army Medical Center located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he also completed his internship. He graduated from the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at Fordham University in 2022. His research interest is primarily on the experiences of Asian American service members in the United States Armed Forces.

Xinyi (Stacy) Wang (2018)

Stacy identifies as a Chinese cis-gender female and is currently living in the Bay Area. She is currently completing her post-doctoral residency at San Mateo Medical Center, Pain Management Clinic in the Bay Area. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Stanford University, CAPS, and graduated from the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at Fordham University in 2023. Her research interest focuses on the professional quality of life for mental health providers. Her clinical interests include health psychology, trauma, and working with artists and new immigrants.

Samantha is a senior at Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro. She is in the Digital Media Major and hopes to study psychology in college. She is interested in the study of the mind, behavior, and human growth; specifically, characteristics that shape a person’s healthy transition from childhood to adulthood given the changing environment in society.