Carolina Hernandez is a clinical research coordinator for the Diverse VCID and ABC study. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in writing from the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining PMC, she spent two and a half years working as a research study assistant for the Mesulam Institute for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. There she contributed to research in aging, cognition, and neurodegenerative disease. Her research interests include neurodegenerative diseases, cognitive aging, brain health, and health disparities, especially in the Latinx population. Carolina hopes to pursue a doctoral degree in Clinical Neuropsychology focusing on improving access to care and resources for the Latinx population and advancing culturally inclusive approaches to clinical research.