Grateful to have had a summer 2025 full of light and learning ☀️

So unbelievably proud of @alexusgramirez.bsky.social and my mentee Paola for her first ever poster presentation at UMD's SRI/REACH poster session today! Yay Paola!! 🥳🎉

So proud of @gavkhar-a.bsky.social for giving a fantastic Language Science Lunch Talk!

The UMD College of Ed food pantry is accepting donations until Dec 6! Please consider contributing to support our College of Education community!

SO grateful and excited to share that this August I will be starting my PhD in Human Development
at UMD with @rachelromeo.bsky.social. Can't wait to continue studying children's early experiences in my beloved
LEAD Lab!

The next LEADLab Manager could be you or a promising student you know, so please RT/share! Apps are due *this* Friday, 3/1! Join a team of kind individuals doing exciting science on the impact of early experiences & receive mentorship from the fantastic @rachelromeo.bsky.social!

Ayo Edebiri, the lab managers/project coordinators/research coordinators/etc. of the world thank you for this acceptance speech

I was so honored that one of our fabulous undergrad RAs represented me in this way! (Bonita is even with me in the corner!) 🌈😁🐶

The LEAD Lab had so much fun at our holiday party playing Kahoot, participating in a white elephant gift exchange, and, best of all, drawing each other as snowpeople! Here's our team posing with the snowperson another beloved team member drew of them. ☃️

I submitted all of my PhD applications! Woohoo! Bonita can't wait to find out where we'll end up! 🥳🪩

A small win worth celebrating: I received my first-ever citation! Cheers to my lovely co-authors
@gavkhar-a.bsky.social (it's her first citation too!) +
@rachelromeo.bsky.social 🎉🪩