Tessa Vatalaro

Social Worker, NYU Langone Health Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SCAN Lab)

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Tessa tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, and believes she contracted the virus in early March before testing was readily available.

Claudia Espinoza-Heredia

Research Associate, NYU Langone Health Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SCAN Lab)

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Claudia enjoys hiking, dancing, reading, and sketching/painting!

Autumn Austin

Graduate Student, NYU Langone Health Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SCAN Lab)

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Autumn has 80+ plants in her apartment!

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Joy Shen

Research Assistant, NYU Dept. of Applied Psychology (ISLAND Lab)

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Joy spends all her free time baking and watching The Office. She once walked past Anderson Cooper on the street!

Maya Metser

Research Assistant, NYU Dept. of Applied Psychology (ISLAND Lab)

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Maya memorized all of the words to Finding Nemo when she was a little kid!

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Sarwat Siddiqui

Research Assistant, NYU Langone Health Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SCAN Lab)

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Sarwat is a big trivia fan (has watched almost all Jeopardy shows since age 7) and loves to bake!

Maggie Zhang

Research Assistant, NYU Dept. of Applied Psychology (ISLAND Lab)

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Maya studied abroad at NYU Shanghai during the summer of her junior year!

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Alejandra Lemus

Research Assistant, NYU Dept. of Applied Psychology (ISLAND Lab)

Kaitlin Kearny

Doctoral Student, NYU Langone Health Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (SCAN Lab)

Karina Kozak

Lab Manager, NYU Dept. of Applied Psychology (ISLAND Lab)