Rosa Conain Aguilar
Graduation Year: 2020
SDSU MA Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristen Wells
Research Emphasis: Psychometrics and Health Disparities
Job: Doctoral Student- Research Fellow (SDSU and UCSD)
What is the best advice you would give to someone just starting out in this Master’s program? Network with professors and use the resources available to you on campus. Lean into your support systems, and avoid making linear paths because rarely do things unfold linearly. Lean into your passions and interests, and the rest will follow.
Fun Fact: Last semester, Rosa taught PSY 201 at SDSU
Andrea Mustafa
Graduation Year: 2010
SDSU MA Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Gilbert
Research Emphasis: Cognitive functioning in people living with Huntington’s disease
Where are you now: Teaching Fellow at University of Houston
Job: Student at the University of Houston clinical psychology PhD, neuropsychology track
What is the best advice you would give to someone just starting out in this Master’s program? Graduate school is truly a marathon. At times, you will wonder how you got this far and if you have what it takes to achieve your goals. Always trust that you know way more than you think and you most definitely belong. You’ve got this!
Fun Fact: Andrea recently adopted a one-eyed dog named Trish!
Dalia Tabibian
Graduation Year: 2024
SDSU MA Faculty Mentor: Dr. Miguel Illodas
Research Emphasis: Child Development
Job: Health Study Coordinator at Apple
What is the best advice you would give to someone just starting out in this Master’s program? Make sure to take advantage of as many opportunities as you can while still in school and have support from the MA program! (I.e. get involved in lots of research projects- you don’t know which one will be most relevant during PhD/job interviews)