CPS HOPE Bios

Devon Slaughter

Devon Slaughter

Devon Slaughter is a clinical mental health counseling graduate student and an Atlanta native. His research interests include the impact [...]

January 26, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Nafis Ricks

Nafis Ricks

Nafis Ricks is a clinical mental health counseling M.S. student. His research interest centers on the effect of how trauma [...]

January 26, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Kirsty Houston

Kirsty Houston

Kirsty Houston is a psychology undergraduate student, in her senior year. Houston joined the H.O.P.E. lab to gain research experience, [...]

January 26, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Chanel Reid

Chanel Reid

Chanel Reid is a second-year gerontology student at The Gerontology Institute. Reid came to the H.O.P.E. lab to understand how [...]

January 26, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Alexandra (Ali) Martinez

Alexandra (Ali) Martinez

Alexandra (Ali) Martinez received her master’s and specialist’s degree in marriage and family therapy from the University of Florida in 2001.

January 18, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Mehak Merchant

Mehak Merchant

Mehak Merchant is a second-year master’s student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

January 18, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Andrea Dailey

Andrea Dailey

Andrea Dailey is a first-year student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program at Georgia State University. 

January 18, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Lauren Cason

Lauren Cason

Lauren Cason is a first-year student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.

January 18, 2023

CPS HOPE Bios

Mackenzie DeForest

Mackenzie DeForest

Mackenzie DeForest, MS, APC, NCC, CRC, graduated in 2020 from the clinical rehabilitation counseling cohort.  Her research interests include affect [...]

January 25, 2022

CPS HOPE Bios

Hannah Cowart

Hannah Cowart

Hannah Cowart is a first-year Clinical Mental Health Counseling, M.S. student. Cowart comes to the H.O.P.E. Lab with experience in the military [...]

August 19, 2020