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Our Team
Thania Galvan, PhD
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Thania Galvan, PhD
Principal Investigator
thania.galvan@uga.edu
Dr. Galvan is the director of the FUERTE lab and an assistant professor in the clinical psychology program at the University of Georgia. She received her doctorate from the clinical child psychology PhD program at the University of Denver, did an APA-accredited internship in the child track at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and completed an NIMH-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship in traumatic stress at the Medical University of South Carolina. Her research is centered on promoting the well-being and positive development of Latinx youth and their families via the elimination of health disparities. Specifically, Dr. Galvan uses community-driven, culturally and contextually responsive research methodologies to understand the factors that contribute to, maintain, or exacerbate health disparities for Latinx families. As a bilingual (Spanish/English) and bicultural psychologist, she is also a strong advocate for increasing diversity and representation in the mental health field.
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Area of Interest:
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Latinx Youth and Families
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Latinx Immigrant Health
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Mental Health Disparities
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Traumatic Stress
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Developmental Psychopathology
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Community-Based Research Methodologies
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Prevention and Intervention Science
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Lab Coordinator
Cindy Argueta
Cindy graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in American Sign Language. Her research interests include health disparities and community-based participatory research to better learn how to address the physical and mental needs of the Latinx community. She hopes to get a PhD in clinical psychology. In her spare time, she likes attending concerts for some of her favorite artists.
Graduate Students
Amanda Perozo-Garcia
Amanda is a second-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at UGA. She is interested in researching mental health in Latinx youth and within the Latinx family structure. In her free time, Amanda likes to read, dance, do yoga/pilates, and cook
Dominique L. La Barrie
Dominique is a sixth-year Developmental Psychology graduate student with a focus on the impact of racial discrimination on Black and Latinx families and youth. Her research explores how cultural processes like ethnic-racial socialization can mitigate discrimination's negative effects. She aspires to pursue an academic career and support underrepresented marginalized students in academia. In her free time, Dominique enjoys watching movies, knitting, and weightlifting
Daylin Delgado
Daylin is a first-generation Cuban-American woman, currently in her first year of the Clinical Psychology PhD program. Her research interests are broadly focused on teen mental health in underserved communities and ethnic minority communities through an implementation science lens. Specifically, she's interested in the role of family and community (e.g., schools, extracurricular groups, sports team) in promoting mental health and particularly pertaining to mental health concerns, such as ADHD and dyslexia, that impact academic achievement and long-term success. In her free time, Daylin can be found with her cat, Luna, drinking coffee and birdwatching in her backyard. She also enjoys baking, gardening, and watching the latest movies in theaters.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Alejandro Lopez
Alejandro is a fourth-year student who is majoring in Psychology. His primary research interests are mental health struggles in the LGBTQ+ community and developmental psychology. After graduation, he plans on attending graduate school to get a master's in clinical psychology!
Sofia Castañeda
Sofia is a fourth-year Psychology major. She is passionate about psychology and is interested in seeing how it can be applied to help alleviate the mental health disparities that exist in the Latinx community. After UGA, she want to get her masters in school psychology and hopefully follow it up with an EdS. In her free time, she enjoys going to the gym and hanging out with friends.
Gabriela Castillo
Gabriela is a fourth-year Biology major at the University of Georgia. Her passions include research focused on Latinx communities and serving at the Good News Clinic in Gainesville, GA as a Medical Assistant and Medical Translator. She has aspirations of attending medical school and opening a non-profit primary care clinic that serves low-income families. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and jogging on scenic trails.
Emily Garcia-Delgado
Emily Garcia-Delgado is a fourth-year student at the University of Georgia who is majoring in Biology. After UGA, she plans to take a gap year before applying to PA school. In her free time, she enjoys working out, grabbing coffee with friends, and traveling.
Danna Cervera
Danna is a third-year Psychology major, also minoring in Women's studies and French. Her research interests are in addressing mental health disparities in both Latinx and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as exploring developmental and cognitive psychology. After graduation, she intends to pursue a master's program to further her career in counseling psychology and research. In her free time, she like to watch new movies or her favorite comfort films with friends and family, attend coffee shops.
Bianca Cardona
Bianca is a third-year Psychology and Theatre major. She is interested in development psychology and drama therapy. Her goals for after graduation are to make it into a PsyD program to work towards becoming a counseling psychologist. She loves to play video and board games.
Alicia Ache
Alicia is a second-year Psychology major with an emphasis on Neuroscience and is pursuing a minor in Spanish. Her research interests are in underrepresented populations, particularly Latinx populations. After graduation, Alicia hopes to work in the healthcare field, where she can serve the Latinx community and build meaningful connections with others. In her free time, she enjoys making matcha lattes and exploring walking trails.
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