Dr. Ozer is a clinical psychologist and professor in Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. She has extensive experience in multi-disciplinary collaborations to promote positive adolescent development, particularly in youth-led participatory action research (YPAR), civic engagement, violence prevention, and school-based interventions. Dr. Ozer is particularly focused on the promotion of adolescent health through interdisciplinary and multi-method research.
Keegan Freiburger is a current MSW/PhD Student in Social Welfare at UC Berkeley, which sits on the territory of Huichin, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo Ohlone, the successors of the historic and sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. Before attending graduate school, they worked on youth engagement, school climate, and equity in Minneapolis Public Schools and on restorative justice in South Minneapolis, occupied Dakota land within Mni Sota Makoce, not far from Bdote, a sacred origin site to the Dakota people.
Catherine Duarte is a PhD candidate in the Division of Epidemiology at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar. She holds an MSc in the Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a BA in Sociology from Boston College. Catherine's research focuses on examining how education and criminal legal system policy may be associated with racial/ethnic health inequities throughout the lifecourse.
Brian Villa is a MPH/MSW student at the University of California, Berkeley. He currently works with Emily Ozer and Innovations for Youth as a graduate student researcher. His role includes implementing youth voice modules in San Francisco Unified School District, and supporting the Youth Equity Scholars (YES) program, a research apprenticeship and mentorship program. Brian has over six years of experience assisting young people with Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) projects.
