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Lourdes Perez
Graduate Student
Adviser: Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Summary Statement

Lourdes is a 4th year PhD student in BBH. Her work focuses on the intersection of nervios, gender, occupational injury, and housing conditions among Latino farmworkers.

Department
  • Biobehavioral Health Graduate Student
Education
  • M.S. Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, Class of 2022
  • B.S., Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, Class of 2019
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Additional Information

Awards

  • 2023-24 Edward R. and Helen Skade Hintz Graduate Education Enhancement Fellowship Award      
  • Fellow, NSF Cultural Anthropology Methods Program (CAMP) (2023)
  • Sloan Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Minority Ph.D. (MPHD) Program (2023)
  • Fund for Excellence in Graduate Recruitment Award, The Pennsylvania State University (2020)
  • University Bunton Waller Award, The Pennsylvania State University (2020)

Administrative Service

  • Secretary, Penn State Mujerxs Empoderadas Graduate Student Association (MEGSA), 2022-present