Elena Mandarino
Graduate Assistant
Pronouns: She/her/hers
About
Elena Mandarino is a Master of Public Health graduate student in Maternal and Child Epidemiology and received her B.S. in Neurobiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Elena is currently involved in WLRC’s Pregnant and Parenting Student Initiative, working to uplift the stories of student parents, investigate ways to support parenting students so they may thrive in higher education settings, and cultivate maternal resource growth on college/university campuses across Illinois. Elena is passionate about maternal and child health, LGBTQ+ health and parental advocacy, reproductive justice, intersectionality, anti-violence, and feminism.
In her free time, Elena enjoys reading, trying new restaurants/coffee shops, tennis, and playing instruments. She loves discussing them along with her work at the center!