Fernanda Castellon
Lecturer

Brief Biography

Fernanda (she/her/ella) is a current graduate student and the University of California, Los Angeles and is pursuing a PhD in Human Development and Psychology with an emphasis in Disability & Special Education. She recently completed her MA at UCLA in Education and received her BA from the University of California, Santa Barbra in Psychology and Chicana/o Studies. Fernanda is interested in researching how culture and Autism intersect and consequently impact family dynamics, schooling, and access to care. She is also interested in culturally appropriate autism interventions for minority communities with the goal of promoting family cohesion and high quality of life. Fernanda’s passion stems from her own experience as a sibling of an Autistic adult. As a native Spanish speaker, Fernanda advocates and promotes the implementation of cultural adaptations to recruitment and intervention protocols in order to promote the recruitment and retention of ethnic and racial minority populations.

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