Arianna Peredia (she/ella) is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Currently, Arianna is a Research Assistant for the PERCH Research Lab focused on promoting early resilience in children’s mental health. Arianna volunteers as a Community Advocate at La Casita, CSUDH’s Latinx Cultural Resource Center as well as a Mutual Aid Volunteer for the organization Órale, a non-profit organization focused on building and sustaining a thriving immigrant-led movement to end the criminalization of immigrants and secure bold protections and opportunities that allow immigrant communities to thrive.

Arianna plans on applying to medical school as part of her aspirations toward a career as a Pediatrician. Arianna’s research interests revolve around education access, immigration impacts, and cultural identity. A large emphasis of her research interests are serving impoverished children and Latinx communities. Arianna is a First-Generation Chicana who hopes to give back to her community by strengthening the education of future generations. In her free time, Arianna enjoys hiking, reading, listening to Bad Bunny, and spending quality time with her community.