After earning Bachelor of Science degrees in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (Computation Track) from the University of Michigan, I moved to New York University to join the Hartley Lab as a Lab Manager. This position amplified my interest in using behavioral, neuroimaging, and computational modeling methods to understand value-based learning, decision-making, and memory. Currently, I am furthering this work on the neurodevelopment of motivated cognition as a PhD candidate in the Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab at Harvard University. Advised by Dr. Leah Somerville, I lead projects that characterize age-related changes in how individuals learn and seek new information, use memories of the past and simulations of the future to guide decision-making, and evaluate the benefits of cognitive control in light of the costs to exert it.