- Mar 9, 2022
- by Sheri Hall
- Community Engagement, Alumni
Paying it forward with purpose
Kyle Muña ’21, Human Development, credits his experience at the College of Human Ecology with helping him find his purpose in life — and right now that means helping high school students in Lancaster, PA, find their purpose.
Muña is a fellow and the senior program lead for ATTOLLO PREP, a nonprofit organization focused on supporting high-achieving, diverse high school students in Lancaster. He works as a mentor and develops and implements programs that help
- Nov 1, 2023
- Holistic Human Health, Alumni
Alum brings health care to rural Ghana
When Osei Boateng ’18, MHA ’20 was 18, his beloved grandmother passed away in Ghana. What deepened his pain was his belief that her death was preventable. If she had learned sooner that she had high blood pressure, or gotten faster treatment when it spiked, she may not have suffered a stroke.
“It made a huge impact on my life,” Boateng said. “I decided to dedicate my life to making sure people don’t lose their
- May 2, 2022
- by E.C Barrett
- Alumni
Led by curiosity and creativity
Andrea Vizcarrondo ’72 has spent the last 30 years nurturing an appreciation for art in visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a member of the MET’s rigorous docent program. Vizcarrondo’s path from the College of Human Ecology (CHE), where she studied in the Department of Design & Environmental Analysis (now Human Centered Design), to the halls of the MET took her on some unexpected ventures in the fashion world as she followed her
- Aug 5, 2025
- by Juan Vazquez-Leddon
Study examines how the pandemic altered puberty’s impact on girls’ mental health
When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, it brought many aspects of life to a standstill. For adolescents, this included attending school and the social interactions that happen there. But the process of growing up continued — including puberty.
This had Kathleen McCormick ’16, a doctoral candidate in psychology studying reproductive transitions, wondering about how adolescents were handling this coming-of-age process during the pandemic, specifically the link between puberty and depression for girls.
“The
- Aug 7, 2025
- by James Dean, Cornell Chronicle