Sirena Cuevas is a Sleep Therapist with the Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic. She has her B.A. in Psychological Science from the University of California, Irvine. Sirena worked as a Research Coordinator in the Trauma & Resilience Lab under Dr. Alyson Zalta researching evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing the impact of intergenerational trauma and traumatic stress. Sirena was interested in further researching interventions for mental health and continued research working under Dr. Sara Mednick’s Sleep and Cognition lab, where she researched interventions for sleep disorders and memory consolidation utilizing electroencephalography (EEG). Her research interests led her to become a Prevention Specialist where she developed and implemented interventions aimed at early prevention and community based mental health in K-12 youth. Sirena is currently a second year Master’s student at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare and is deeply passionate about mental health and increasing resiliency factors. In her MSW internship she worked at EBAC as a grief and loss therapist providing group therapy, individual therapy and case management. Sirena’s interests focus on trauma-informed care, early prevention, grief and loss, culturally-based interventions and increasing mental health accessibility in underserved populations. After graduate education she plans to receive her LCSW and implement trauma-informed and holistic care in underserved communities. Sirena enjoys meditation, hiking, reading and cooking.