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Sofia Fortuño

Sofia Fortuño
Sofia Fortuño
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Summary Statement

Sofia's research centers on families as loci of risk and resilience, with particular interest in how caregiving and the sociocultural contexts in which it occurs can be protective and resilience-building in child development.

Department
  • Graduate Student
Education
  • Psychology, B.A., Child & Adolescent Mental Health Studies minor, Political Science minor, New York University Abu Dhabi (2023)
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Publications
  • Berlin, L. J., Martoccio, T. L., Shanty, L., Hepworth, A. D., Pardue-Kim, M., Baez, C., Fortuño, S., Endy, K., & Jones Harden, B. (2026). ABC's active ingredients: Parent coaches’ in vivo feedback predicts maternal sensitivity among low-income predominantly Latina mothers. Infant Mental Health Journal, 47, e70040. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70040