90 Research Reflection by Kimberly Ponce Gonzalez

Faculty Mentor: Katherine Supiano (Nursing, University of Utah)

When I transferred from Salt Lake Community College to the University of Utah I did work-study with Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program at the College of Nursing. There, the Director, Dr. Katherine Supiano offered me to assist her in her research grant she had been working on involving grief and loss and dementia. She suggested me to apply for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) because she believed I had high capabilities and she had previous students that have done this program with her as well. I came in having little to no knowledge about research and how to apply it besides reading literature reviews. This program has helped me immensely in achieving experience with research. And I have grown to love research so much that it reaffirmed why I love Psychology. It has also defined my choice in pursuing to be a Clinical Psychologist in the future. Dr. Supiano has been a wonderful mentor with guiding me, in which I am super grateful for, and I am looking forward to creating more research in helping underrepresented communities.