Emily Gonzalez is an Educational Psychology PhD student in the Urban Education Policy program at USC Rossier School of Education. Gonzalez previously worked as a researcher at Project Zero. She earned her EdM in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her BS in Elementary Education from Wheelock College. Gonzalez is interested in uncovering the neuropsychological processes engaged in effective K-12 teaching practices and dispositions, and how they impact learners’ agentic development of interests, scholarly and social identities, and ability to self-author and engage with societal complexities.