Where Are They Now? Recent RA Alumni Accomplishments

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Undergraduate research assistants in the Adult Development & Decision Lab learn and gain skills in many different domains. Check out what some of our recent undergrad RA alumni are up to now! 

  • Yogita Venkata (Undergrad RA; Class of ’23) joined the Clinical Psychology MA degree program at Northwestern University in Fall 2025
  • Trenton Lam (Undergrad RA; Class of ’23) is completing his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Milena Alvarado (Undergrad RA & Project Coordinator; Class of ’24) joined the Industrial and Systems Engineering MS program with a focus on Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics at Virginia Tech in Fall 2025
  • Isabella Louza Soffa Lima (Undergrad RA; Class of ’24) was recently accepted into medical school at the Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Justin Barolette (Undergrad RA; Class of ’24) is working a Research Coordinator in the Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab at the University of Georgia
  • Alyssa Hayes (Undergrad RA; Class of ’24) is working as the Lab Manager for the Social-Cognitive and Affective Development Lab at the University of Florida
  • Grace Casanova (Undergrad RA & Project Coordinator; Class of ’24) completed her MBA at UCF as is now working as a Home Care Administrator at Right Accord Senior Home Health Care