Our Lab Family

Diamond Y. Bravo, Ph.D.

Email: diamond.bravo@ucr.edu
Gender pronouns: She/ Ella

Dr. Diamond Bravo is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at UC Riverside. Being a Professor at UCR is nostalgic for Dr. Bravo as she once attended this university as an undergraduate and it is where she earned her B.A. in Psychology. She then earned her M.A in Experimental Psychology from California State University, Northridge, and her Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. Following her Ph.D., Dr. Bravo completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Bravo’s research interests include cultural resilience, motivation and achievement, and discrimination. Dr. Bravo believes it is important to conduct research using a grounded perspective and she hopes to build close relationships within the communities she studies. A fun fact about Dr. Bravo is that she has a large playful poodle that sometimes accompanies her to the lab (free puppy therapy yay!).

Ashley Miller

Email: amill023@ucr.edu
Gender Pronouns: She/Her

Ashley Miller is a third-year graduate student in Dr. Carolyn Murray’s lab and Dr. Diamond Bravo’s lab. She received her B.S. in psychology from UCR in 2019, and will receive her M.A., from UCR in Spring 2022. Ashley’s research interests center around individuals working and procrastination behavior as they approach deadlines. She is especially interested in how emotion, personality, and motivation may influence procrastination. In her free time, Ashley enjoys making ice cream and teaching her dog, Basco, to perform tricks.

Brenda Rincon

Email: brincon@ucr.edu
Gender pronouns: She/ Ella

Brenda Rincon is a first-generation college student who grew up in Palmdale, CA, a predominantly Latinx community. She maintains close ties with the teachers that guided her in attaining her academic pursuits and even worked as a substitute teacher at her alma maters. Brenda graduated from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) as a McNair Scholar in 2019 with a B.S. in Human Biology and Psychology, specializing in Developmental Psychology. While at UCSD, Brenda worked as a Peer Mentor for the TRIO Student Support Services Program (SSSP) and provided academic support for nontraditional and underserved students as a workshop facilitator. Her research interests include mentorship, imposter syndrome, and support system effects on academic achievement and motivation among students of color. Brenda started as our lab’s lab manager and is now a second-year Ph.D. student in the Developmental Psychology program at UCR.

Hugo Salazar

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Jannire Ambriz

Email: jambr005@ucr.edu
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Adriana Castro

Email: acast385@ucr.edu
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Adriana is a 3rd year (senior standing) student studying Psychology and minoring in Law & Society. She is interested in studying Latinx/Chicanx identity and motivation amongst undocumented students pursuing higher education.

Ashley Coria

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Braydon Goldberg

Email: bgold016@ucr.edu
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Braydon is a 4th year transfer student. He possesses an interest in help others with mental disorders, trauma, and a state of belonging in relationships. Additionally, he feels very passionate about helping families, couples, and individuals overcome discrepancies among parent-child conflict.

Ulises Mata

Email: umata001@ucr.edu

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Elizabeth Serna

Email: esern008@ucr.edu

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Developmental psychology- how traumas influence our perceptions/ cultural belonging/ discrimination