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HDFS Instagram Ambassadors


Caroline Horn
4th-Year Student
My name is Caroline and I am a fourth year student with a double major in HDFS and Early Childhood Education. I am currently in the process of conducting my research for my honors thesis for the Schreyer Honors College. I am a research assistant for Dr. Sunny Bai, and am working on research about family cohesion and its impact on children’s connectedness to school.
I work part-time at a local preschool in State College as an assistant teacher and hope to teach pre-k or kindergarten once I graduate. This summer I will be teaching a social-emotional enrichment program for the children at my center who are going into kindergarten. On the weekends, I volunteer and care for cats at the Centre County PAWS animal shelter.
In my free time, I enjoy reading, writing, spending time with friends and family, and being outside. I also like to craft, paint and crochet! My favorite Penn State memory is my first time in Beaver Stadium as a freshman. My favorite creamery ice cream flavor is grilled stickies!

Kavya Iyer
2nd-Year Student
Hi! My name is Kavya Iyer and I am majoring in both Human Development and Family Studies along with Psychology here at Penn State. Outside of academics, I enjoy playing tennis, reading, and traveling.
I am excited about being an ambassador for HDFS because I want people to know about its opportunities, and its content. I think this a very unique program here at Penn State, and I want people to become aware of and interested in it like I did. In the future, I want to be a child psychologist for abused children while advocating for mental health awareness.