Summer 2020 Remote Research

These past few months, I worked closely with my mentors, Dr. Nagy and Dr. Smoski, to create a research question that encompasses my love and appreciation for the study of social determinants of health, psychology, and the Latinx immigrant community. This fall, I will be investigating my research question: Are mental health outcomes mitigated by active coping practices and a strong belief in the American Dream in the face of adversity among young Latinx Immigrants in North Carolina? My independent research is a secondary analysis of the baseline data collected from an on-going study under the Duke School of Nursing that seeks to understand the relationship between stress, resiliency, and mental health outcomes among this community.