Amplifier Student Mini-Grants

I am Agni Garduno, an exchange Political Science senior student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). My main areas of research are political philosophy, comparative politics, policymaking on health issues, and racial and Latinx studies. I have participated in debates, conferences, and seminars in my local university, with the Guanajuato University, and in the World Future Studies Federation. Also, I have been invited to the national TV program of the Justice Supreme Court in Mexico to discuss immigration, gender gap, mental health, and politics. About my public career, I have presented a law initiative with other colleagues in the Mexican Senate.

My name is Laura Randall and I’m currently in my last semester of mechanical engineering, and I will be starting a master’s program in Sustainability Solutions at ASU in the Fall of 2022. My goal is to build a career in the field of conservation that focuses on creating and implementing viable environmentally and socially sustainable solutions in order to fight the climate crisis. Ultimately, I want to work with marginalized communities, in the US and abroad, that are more vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change to increase accessibility to equitable and sustainable resources.

I am Samantha Herrera-Arellano, a first generation college student majoring in Psychology. I am striving towards going to graduate school after graduating from Arizona State University. My career goal is to become a psychologist and be a bridge to Latino children and young adults into taking care of their mental health as well as to try to make mental health less stigmatized in the Latino community.

My name is Sherissa Mason. As a current senior majoring in Psychology with a minor in African and African American Studies, my passions reside in mental health and mental illness, especially among ethnic minorities and how that is reflected within social and cultural contexts. Main research interests include prevention, stress, and becoming a psychologistactivist.

I am Li Jeanna Cheam, an International student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and am currently attending ASU as a graduating senior. Currently, I am a research assistant in the Evolutionary Social Cognition and Culture and Decisions Science Lab. Such is to provide myself with the foundational research skills to pursue a graduate education in the future. Additionally, my research interests consist of comprehending the diverse ways in which factors of risk and resilience emerge at the levels of individuals to communities.