Congratulations to Bayler Brundage, our undergraduate research assistant and our PhD student, Jonathan Ramirez, for presenting at PSU PhD Colloquia on May 15! Bayler presented on Early Childhood Educators’ Beliefs and Experiences with Media and Technology Integration. Jonathan presented on Student Motivation and Belonging: Parent and Teachers’ Interrelated Support. Congratulations to both!

Congratulations to our Postbacc, Elizabeth Serna for presenting on our EMERG project at WPA 2026 in Tacoma, WA. Eli presented her poster on Latine Parents’ Lived Experiences Relating To Early Mathematical Concepts And Their Children’s Emerging Experiences. Shoutout to Dr. Yue Ni for supporting our lab members!

Congratulations to the RAICES Lab presentations at AERA 2026 ! Jonathan Ramirez, PhD student, presented pilot study results from our parenting under immigration stress project in a symposium paper. Elizabeth Serna, Postbacc, presented data results from our Mexican mothers and media and tech project in a roundtable. and Dr. Beltrán-Grimm presented her work with the EMERG Grant (no photos) but she presented in one poster presentation, one roundtable discussion, and one symposiu

Congratulations to Bayler Brundage, undergraduate research assistant, for presenting at The Advancing Excellence in Scholarship Research Conference . Bayler presented her primary data on Sport Impact On Youth Identity and Self-Esteem Development.

Bayler Brundage and Elizabeth (Liz) Romero-Herrera presented their work at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research this November. Congratulations to both on this major accomplishment in their academic and future PhD journey!

Bedu Dela Cruz presented her poster at the 10th annual CIMR Summer Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) at Portland State.

We are thrilled to celebrate our undergraduate research assistant, Liz, who has graduated with honors from Portland State University!...

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