Iris Aguilar, MSPAAssistant DirectorIris Aguilar is the assistant director at the University of Southern California (USC) Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Prior to joining USC, she was a project director with the UCLA May Ma Ross, MSW, MASMTechnical Grant WriterMs. Ross has more than 20 years of experience in the resource and grant development working in community-based organizations that provide a wide range of social and educational services. She spent more than five years as director of development at Vincent Lim, MEdEditor/WriterBefore joining the Royal Institute, Mr. Lim served as an editor and a web content producer for the UCLA International Institute, where he developed and curated content for the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and AsiaMedia websites. He also Mita PatelAdministrative Assistant Sandra Arévalo Garcia, PhDResearch AssociateDr. Arevalo is a research associate with a PhD in Sociology, and extensive research expertise in health disparities, stress-health associations, and bio-psycho-social and cultural models of health and chronic disease risk. Her research to date has investigated the social epidemiology Yichuan Tseng, MSGProject ManagerYichuan (Andrea) Tseng is the Project Manager for the Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program in Taiwan (IMTOP) project. In this role, she coordinates the training of older adults and college students to work and encourage thoughtful use of mhealth applications Bryan Gaines, MSWProject SpecialistMr. Gaines serves as Co-Chair and Project Specialist for Advocates for African American Elders. He is also Assistant Director of the Hartford Academic Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work at the University of Southern California (USC). Most recently, Mr. Sandra Hernandez, MSWProject SpecialistSandra Hernandez is the Project Specialist for the Programa Esperanza (Project Hope) project. Ms. Hernandez earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science
Iris Aguilar, MSPAAssistant DirectorIris Aguilar is the assistant director at the University of Southern California (USC) Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Prior to joining USC, she was a project director with the UCLA
May Ma Ross, MSW, MASMTechnical Grant WriterMs. Ross has more than 20 years of experience in the resource and grant development working in community-based organizations that provide a wide range of social and educational services. She spent more than five years as director of development at
Vincent Lim, MEdEditor/WriterBefore joining the Royal Institute, Mr. Lim served as an editor and a web content producer for the UCLA International Institute, where he developed and curated content for the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies and AsiaMedia websites. He also
Sandra Arévalo Garcia, PhDResearch AssociateDr. Arevalo is a research associate with a PhD in Sociology, and extensive research expertise in health disparities, stress-health associations, and bio-psycho-social and cultural models of health and chronic disease risk. Her research to date has investigated the social epidemiology
Yichuan Tseng, MSGProject ManagerYichuan (Andrea) Tseng is the Project Manager for the Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program in Taiwan (IMTOP) project. In this role, she coordinates the training of older adults and college students to work and encourage thoughtful use of mhealth applications
Bryan Gaines, MSWProject SpecialistMr. Gaines serves as Co-Chair and Project Specialist for Advocates for African American Elders. He is also Assistant Director of the Hartford Academic Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work at the University of Southern California (USC). Most recently, Mr.
Sandra Hernandez, MSWProject SpecialistSandra Hernandez is the Project Specialist for the Programa Esperanza (Project Hope) project. Ms. Hernandez earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science
