Michelle Pasco

I received PhD in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University and am currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar working with Dr. Nilda Flores-Gonzalez on the Arizona Youth Identity Project. I am originally from the Los Angeles area and got my BA in Psychology at UCLA. My research incorporates a culturally-informed lens to understand the lived experiences of ethnic-racial minoritized youth and families situated within neighborhood contexts. I utilize different methods including, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods to examine how neighborhood factors influence developmental processes and experiences such as ethnic-racial identity, political identity, discrimination, and cultural socialization. My work is interdisciplinary, informed by perspectives from psychology, sociology, justice studies, and ethnic studies. In my recent work, I use qualitative interviews and photovoice to examine youth's identity and political and civic engagement centered around the 2020 election.