Be air aware: Check the Air Quality Index (AQI) at AirNow.gov and adjust your outdoor activities to reduce your exposure to harmful air pollutants. Enjoy the outdoors when the air is healthy. Stay inside as much as possible when it's not.

🥲 just completed my first quarter as a TA. I had such a great prof (clinical psychologist) and an awesome experience. Truly enjoyed learning from him and the undergrads. I’m so proud of the future gen 🥰

Words of motivation from my dad (someone with no formal edu) and a distinguished Psych professor: "Focus on building your skillset. Your community will find you once the time is right." Everyone has a gift and that's the most beautiful thing. You are right where you need to be.

“Creative Minds at Rest: Creative Individuals are More Associative and Engaged with Their Idle Thoughts” by Quentin Raffaeli et al. Creativity Research Journal tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 3/3

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

The pandemic caused major disruptions for adolescents worldwide. Our new paper reviews pandemic studies on adolescent stress. Hot off the press-a collaborative article about the latest research on how adolescents are navigating stress during the pandemic! authors.elsevier.com/a/1hRKP_,5MJ2P…

Finished a great day 2 of ISDP 🦋 @isdp.org.bsky.social with the trainee happy hour! SES Lab sisters Sally Hang, M.A. Geneva Jost 🧡 #ISDP2023

Meeting the professors at #ISDP2023 makes me feel so much wiser Megan Gunnar Dr. Susan Perlman Koraly Pérez-Edgar 🇵🇷 Kellie Tamashiro Carolina de Weerth

Utrecht, you’ve been wonderful. Thanks for hosting an incredible #ISDP2023! I presented both of my posters: one on speech quality, social class, & stress and the other is a preregistration on #stress bio-behavioral profiles ISDP 🦋 @isdp.org.bsky.social #ucd #phd #hmongamerican #firstgen

Kodak moments in #utrecht 😍 #netherlands #europe

Incredible method 🙏🏼😅

Regardless of whether someone uses talk therapy or pharmacology, or a combination of the two to achieve relief from depression, ultimately, any relief they experience is the consequence of neural plasticity (also called neuroplasticity), which is essentially changes in the

Sat in my first thesis defense as a committee member yesterday. Glad to say, we’ve signed off. Proud to see my mentee pass their thesis defense!! #firstgen #hmongamerican #psychology

Completed my last data collection session for my first pilot study! What a milestone! #firstgen #hmongamerican #phdstudent #hmoob

Today is a very sad day for the Hmong community at large. My deepest condolences to Tub Ntxawg Xyooj aka Tou Ger Xiong. May you Rest in Power.

Special Issue on Generation COVID is out!!

📢NEW POLICY BRIEF📢 "To address the pandemic-related rise in mental health problems, policymakers...should increase the availability and financing of mental health services and support programs for adolescents." — Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. & Gabriel Velez poverty.ucdavis.edu/post/developme…

you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics

This year’s #Olympics2024 has been extra special. All I see on the news/social media/convos is people talking and rooting for a Hmong girl. I’m so, so, so proud of you sis Sunisa lee #hmongamerican #hmoob #firstgen

Does air pollution impact child brain outcomes? Read more about it here in this recent press release: kqed.org/news/12007473/…