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This page highlights team members contributing to Dr. Cardenas’s research. Their work helps expand knowledge and strengthen practice with marginalized communities.
This page highlights team members contributing to Dr. Cardenas’s research. Their work helps expand knowledge and strengthen practice with marginalized communities.
Yancy Padilla
Yancy Padilla
she/her
Doctoral Candidate
Maya Gincherman
Maya Gincherman
she/her
MSW Student
Desiree Delgadillo
Desiree Delgadillo
she/her
Research Assistant
Giselle Harris
Giselle Harris
she/her
Cilincal Research Assistant
Past Team Members
Past Team Members
Listed roles reflect where members landed after their time with the team — many have since continued to grow in their careers.
Listed roles reflect where members landed after their time with the team — many have since continued to grow in their careers.
Lauren Paniati (2025-2026): MSW Research Assistant. Went on to become a psychotherapist at Dandelion Counseling & Care.
Killian McGinnis (2023-2025): MSW Research Assistant. Went on to a Psychiatric Social Work Fellowship at Kennedy Krieger Center for Developmental Behavioral Health.
Alex Boldin (2023-2025): MSW Research Assistant. Graduated from UMB in 2025.
Marciel Rojas-Rosario (2024-2025): MSW Research Assistant.
Roxana Sanchez Guzman (2024-2025): MSW Research Assistant.
Ursula Kahric (2024-2025): Research Assistant/Project Coordinator. Went on to pursue a PhD at Boston University School of Social Work.
Emma Blackburn (2024-2025): Undergraduate Research Assistant. Went on to become a SW graduate student at UMB.
Danielle Phillips (2023-2024): Doctoral Research Assistant. Went on to become an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.
Elizabeth Chaudry (2022-2023): MSW Research Assistant. Went on to become a social worker in the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Sheppard Pratt.
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