Episode 7: The Twenty-Something Experience with Dr. Diaz

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Dr. Yamalis Diaz (@Dr.Yamalis) is a Clinical Assistant Professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist at the NYU Child Study Center at Hassenfeld’s Children’s Hospital, where she specializes in behavioral therapy for children with ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders. Dr. Diaz also serves as the Department’s Diversity Ambassador, working closely with the Office of Diversity Affairs to develop and disseminate training and recruitment guidelines and practices that will help increase diversity in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and across the medical center.

Outside of this work, she is also the co-creator and professor of an NYU course titled "Twentysomething" that's dedicated to unpacking the typical American emerging adulthood experience. Introduced to her impact as an educator through Kyra who's a former student of hers, in this episode we have the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Diaz to talk about her experiences, her thoughts on generational differences of emerging adulthood, and any advice she has for current emerging adults. From social media pressure and navigating a wide variety of life choices to imposter syndrome and healing from failure, our conversation includes some tips for navigating this life phase in the 21st century.

More on Dr. Diaz; she received her B.A. with a double-major in Psychology and Sociology, and a Certificate in Criminology, from Rutgers University, New Brunswick and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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