Angelica Carranza is a postdoctoral fellow in the DSN Lab within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Human Development from the University of California, Davis under the mentorship of Dr. Johnna Swartz. Angelica’s research focuses on how environmental factors and social contexts shape brain development and mental health across adolescence. She aims to identify risk and protective mechanisms that can help inform novel strategies to promote well-being in youth across diverse contexts. In her free time, she enjoys running, yoga, and spending time with friends and family.