Leandra Lacayo first began working in psychological research at the University of Miami in 2014. During that time, she supported various community projects ranging from TECHO to coordinating a Millennium Goals in association to the United Nations program. While at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was actively involved in Project ADAPT, a longitudinal psychosocial study focused on pre-adolescence health risk behaviors. In addition to working with ANCHOR as a study coordinator, her passions include HPV awareness, reading, Netflix and now Disney Plus.

Education:

• B.S., Psychology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• NREMT, Durham Technical College
• A.A., Biology; The Honors College at Miami Dade College