Zena R. Mello (she/her) is a first-generation college student and
a Professor of Psychology. She completed a Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Cognition and Development at the University of
California, Berkeley; a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Human
Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State
University; a B.A. in Psychology at the University of California,
Santa Cruz; and an A.A. at Santa Rosa Junior College. Dr.
