Elysha Clark-Whitney graduated from New York University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology and a minor in History. At NYU, Elysha worked with the Latino Family Engagement and Language Development Lab (L-FELD) under the supervision of Dr. Gigliana Melzi, studying the development of language and narrative skills in Latino preschoolers. Her work with L-FELD culminated in a senior honors thesis, in which Elysha examined the relations between expressive language, executive function and narrative organization in monolingual and bilingual Latino preschoolers. During her time as an undergraduate, Elysha also studied ADHD and behavioral problems in school-aged children with Dr. Anil Chacko. In her current role, Elysha coordinates a study of nonverbal communication in toddlers, which uses multiple measurement modalities to capture fine-grained information about communication behaviors in children with autism and other developmental delays, and typically-developing children. Elysha plans to undertake a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and is interested in studying parent-child interactions in autism and how parental stress and anxiety influence children's treatment outcomes.