Dr. Rachel Abenavoli received her BA in Psychology from Fairfield University and her MS and PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University. During her studies, she evaluated school-based interventions for social-emotional competence. While at ARCADIA, she collaborated on the Universal Pre-K project and supported suicide prevention research as a co-investigator of the ARCADIA project, working with NYC Department of Education leaders to study differentiated professional development impacts. Currently, she is a Research Scientist at Child Trends whose research aims to understand and strengthen the contexts, programs, and policies that foster children’s learning and social-emotional development, support educators’ professional growth and well-being, and advance equity for educators, children, and families.