Pierinna Di Luca Granda is a first-year General Psychology MA student in the New School for Social Research. Her research interests focus on language development, communication, and the role of social interaction in shaping cognitive and emotional processes. She has prior experience as a research assistant, where she supported literature reviews, data organization, and collaborative research projects. Outside of the lab, she is particularly interested in working with diverse and multilingual populations and exploring the intersection of language, culture, and mental health.