Payton Kuenzi

Email: pkuenzi@wisc.edu

Biography

Payton Kuenzi is an Educational Specialist student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She completed her BA at the University of Wisconsin Madison in Psychology and Spanish. Her experiences working with children as a Counselor and Director at Camp Minikani and through research in the Teacher Prejudice Habit-Breaking Intervention fuel her dedication to equity and student well-being in practice. Her other research interests include culturally responsive and trauma-informed approaches, social-emotional learning, and fostering strong family–school–community partnerships.