Graduate Alumni
Dr. Dominique Burrows – Graduate Student 2023
Placement: Independent Consultant
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
Dr. Cassandra Phetmisy – Graduate Student 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
Undergraduate Alumni
Ashley Anil – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: M.S. Student in Psychology, Drexel University
“Resilience is not about being able to bounce back like nothing has happened. Resilience is your consistent resistance to give up.” ― Janna Cachola
Ryan Blankenburg – Research Assistant 2023
Placement: M.S. Student in Music Perf., London Royal College of Music
“Sometimes just carrying on is the superhuman achievement.” – Albert Camus
Aliza Brown – Research Assistant 2023
Placement: Clinical Research Assistant, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
Emani Brown – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: Texas Law School
“Resilience is the ability to keep growing, even after a storm has come and torn you down. It is the ability to persevere, whether it be in your personal life, or in the workplace, despite adversity.”
Shanel Brown – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: Research Associate Learning Analyst at JetBlue
“Every time you fail and get back up, you practice perseverance, which is key to life. Your strength comes in your ability to recover.” Michelle Obama
Beth Buchanan – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: Doctoral Student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Georgia
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
Charlotte Davis – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: M.S. Student in Social Work, University of Houston
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
Jenna Diab – Research Assistant 2023
Placement: Baylor College of Medicine
“Everyone has the ability to increase resilience to stress. It requires hard work and dedication, but over time, you can equip yourself to handle whatever life throws your way without adverse effects on your health. Training your brain to manage stress won’t just affect the quality of your life, but perhaps even the length of it.” – Amy Morin
Ida Du – Research Assistant 2024
Placement: Consultant, BCG
“No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there.” – Joanie Connell
Gabriella Dunn – Research Assistant 2019
Placement: Consultant, Accenture
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ― Maya Angelou
Kennedy Hart – Lab Manager 2024
Placement:
“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
Chidera Ibezue – Research Assistant 2020
Placement: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
“It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” — Bob Richards
Brittany Ikner – Lab Manager
Placement: M.S. Student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
Catherine Jackson – Lab Manager
Placement: M.S. Student in Engineering, Rice University
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
Cassandre Jean-Céïde – Research Assistant 2020
Placement: Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology, University of North Texas
“We’re Haitian, resilience is in our blood.” — My Mother
Sarah Jin – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: Admission Counselor, Rice University
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become” — Carl Jung
Surina Jindel – Research Assistant 2022
Placement: Teaching Assistant, Rice University
“I am more vulnerable than I thought, but much stronger than I ever imagined.” — Sheryl Sandberg
Lauren Kang – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: Practicum Student, Alethia Counseling Center
“Grief and resilience live together.” — Michelle Obama
Cordy McJunkins – Research Assistant 2021
Placement: M.S. Student in Public Policy, Stanford University
“Pressure is a privilege” — Billie Jean King
Aaliyah Mobley – Research Assistant 2024
Placement: Mathematics Teacher
“Today’s tears water tomorrow’s gardens.” -Matshona Dhliwayo
Dylan Morgan – Research Assistant 2022
Placement: Consultant, Oliver Wyman
“Where there is a will, there is a way” – old English proverb
Tiffany Padilla – Research Assistant 2022
Placement: Teaching Assistant, Rice University
“My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon.” – Mizuta Masahide
Elliot Stahr – Lab Manager 2021
Placement: Stanford Law School
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alexandra Townsley – Research Assistant 2022
Placement: Clinic Assistant and Educational Content Creator, Katta Dermatology
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
Kalise Weeks – Research Assistant 2022
Placement: M.S. Student in Education, Virginia State University
“Resilience is not about being able to bounce back like nothing has happened. Resilience is your consistent resistance to give up.” ― Janna Cachola
Teddi Yoo – Lab Manager 2023
