Isaura Viggiano Souza

Student Ambassador

Hometown: Brasil
Class: 2027
Majors: Individualized Studies (Western Program); Psychology
Out-of-Classroom Experiences/Interests:

• I am part of two labs in the psychology department:
  • In the MUSCRAT lab, I contribute to the development of a Socioemotional Competencies (SEC) measure for middle school students.
  • In the McElveen lab, I’m studying the effects of a pilot math program in elementary students’ executive functioning.
• Human development and educational innovation
• Philosophy
• Reading and writing
• Hiking and nature

Other Awards and Accomplishments:

• Presidential Fellow
• Honors College
• Prodesse Scholar
• President of the Alternative Spring Break.
• Awarded $20,000 award by the Miami Women Giving Circle for the Urban Cohort program during the Spring 2025 Hawk Tank.
• 2024 Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Cincinnati.