Naya’s research interests include trauma, resilience, and community intervention. In the HDE lab, Naya focuses on the Human Universals of strength and resilience through life's stressors. She is also a McNair scholar conducting independent research under the guidance of Dr. Tedd McDonald, a faculty member from the Department of Psychological Science at Boise State University, about how individuals experience medical trauma. She aims to gain a deeper understanding of medical trauma survivors' experiences, create resources to support those with medical trauma, and advocate for change. Outside of the HDE lab, Naya volunteers as a court advocate with the Women's and Children's Alliance, is the president of Boise State’s chapter of Psi Chi International Honor Society in Psychology, and works as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) in a local hospital.

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Highlighted Works in the HDE Lab:
 

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