Lastly, I highly encourage thrill rides as a networking opportunity. 10/10. Thank you, mall of america.

This has been a challenging time for many, and it was encouraging to spend time with old and new friends who share similar passions (and concerns) about the future of our field, and are striving to persist in the face of these obstacles.

It was an absolute pleasure discussing critical topics in children's persistence with each of these rockstars. Keep an eye out for incoming papers from each of us! 🤩

Last week I gave my 1st conference talk at #SRCD2025 in a symposium @elisemahaffey.bsky.social and I co-chaired together “The effort equation: Towards an integrative understanding of the factors that drive children’s adaptive persistence” with speakers @elainewang.bsky.social and Alexis Burke!

The Early Child Cognition Research Group at ASU (PIs: Kelsey Lucca and Viridiana Benitez) will be presenting our work at #SRCD2025! Hope to see you there!

Come see our work @srcdorg.bsky.social! See details below for talks, posters, and locations! Looking forward to it‼️