Mari Amato

Mari is a community-engaged emerging scholar who is passionate about research that gives students a voice. Her research interests broadly center around fostering the social and emotional wellbeing of marginalized students by examining identity factors, such as culture, gender, and sexuality, as well as demographic factors, including socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Her previous work has focused on how intersecting identity factors relate to individuals' lived experiences in schools, identity centered communities, and equity within health services. She aspires to become an academic researcher and professor in institutions of higher education.

Curriculum Vitae

San Diego State University   

M.S., Child and Family Development                                                             

San Jose State University               

B.A., Psychology                         

Minor in Child and Adolescent Development 

Sacramento City College                  

A.A., Psychology and Behavioral Science

Families and Technology Project (Project Lead)     

San Diego State University, San Diego 

PI: Wendy Ochoa, PhD

Preschool Teacher’s STEM Talk Project (Graduate Research Assistant)     

San Diego State University, San Diego 

PI: Wendy Ochoa, PhD

Sexual Health Equity Lab (Graduate Research Assistant)     

San Diego State University, San Diego 

Children’s Gender Study, Comparative Cognition Lab (Project Lead)

University of California, San Diego  

PI: Federico Rossano, PhD

College Adjustment Among Latiné Students Attending HSI’s (Graduate Researcher) 

San Diego State University 

Advisor: Vanja Lazarevic, PhD

Analysis on College Students’ Perspective on Traditional Machismo and Marianismo Values (Undergraduate Researcher) 

San Jose State University 

Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2023 

Child and Family Development Master’s Program, San Diego State University 

Provost's Award, 2023

Research Symposium, San Diego State University 

Completion of Research and Creative Activity (CORE) Fellowship, 2022/2023

College of Graduate Studies and Division of Research and Innovation, San Diego State University