Danya Soto

Email: dssoto@wisc.edu

Danya Soto Leyva

Biography

Danya Soto Leyva (she/her) is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. Steve Quintana is her advisor. Danya was born and raised in Mexico City and as a teenager moved with her family to the U.S. She graduated from DePaul University in 2019 with a degree in psychology and minors in early childhood education and political thought. Her research interests include community-based research, participatory action research, mindfulness interventions for BIPOC youth, race-based stress, acculturation, biculturalism, and child and adolescent psychopathology.

Education

BA Psychology, DePaul University

MS School Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

Her research interests include community-based research, participatory action research, mindfulness interventions for BIPOC youth, race-based stress, acculturation, biculturalism, and child and adolescent psychopathology.

CV/Resume

Soto_Curriculum Vitae – DANYA SOTO LEYVA