AMY NORIEGA PINEDA

Arizona State University

Amyn1@arizona.edu

Amy Noriega Pineda is an aspiring sophomore majoring in Psychology at Arizona State University. She plans to graduate in 2026 with both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology. With hopes of completing a Ph.D. program in order to become an expert in the field of psychological practices, she aims to enlighten others with the knowledge her research findings bring.

As a first-generation Latina student, born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, she hopes to positively impact the lives of those in the community she lives in. As part of this internship, she has expressed her gratitude and appreciation towards those who have handed her the knowledge and resources to gain experience in the fields she so hopes to be a part of.

In an effort to get deeper connections into the Hispanic/Latino community, she currently serves as the President for the Hispanic Honor Society on the Arizona State University West Campus, in hopes to grow connections to impact others.

⊲ PROJECT

Recurrent Deficiencies in Immigration Detention Centers: The Impact on Traumatized Women with Children Seeking Asylum.

Many asylum seekers in the US are made up of women and children. This underrepresented and continuously growing population faces several humanitarian violations in the place they come to seek relief. These individuals who have often been submitted under immense amounts of emotional distress are met with unknown, unforgiving and unwelcoming environments. Environments in which they are left to fend for themselves. Immigration detention centers often simulate prison facilities and retraumatize these asylum seekers searching for a chance of immigration detention centers that hinder these individuals’ right to seeking asylum and negatively fuel their state. In hopes of raising awareness to the scarce research and initiatives sought to help this vulnerable population, research with current understandings of these dynamics was heavily relied on to draft a proposal to help these individuals.