{"id":20,"date":"2014-05-16T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/UPA\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:27:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.psych.ualberta.ca\/upa\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Undergraduate Psychology Association is a student-run organization dedicated to all things psychology-related at the University of Alberta. We strive to provide information and opportunities to current students and those considering psychology as a possible career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introducing your 2026\/2027 UPA Exec Team…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Donnie Phong<\/span> <\/strong>(he\/him)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>dphong@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donnie is in his fifth year of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. His goal is to go into Social Work with an emphasis in Gerontology!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yuna Jang<\/span> <\/strong>(she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>yjang5@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuna is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology, with the goal of becoming an Occupational Therapist!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Angela Xia<\/span><\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Academic<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>atan4@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angela is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology. She hopes to become a Researcher!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breana Guce<\/span> <\/strong>(she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Administration<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>guce@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breana is in her fifth year of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. Her goal is to become a School or Clinical Psychologist (IDD Specialization)!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yalda Yekrang<\/span><\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Communications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>yekrangs@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yalda is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Biological Sciences. She hopes to become an Optometrist!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joyce Liang<\/span><\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Marketing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>joyce9@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joyce is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology. She is working towards a career as a Speech-Language Pathologist!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Roda Berhe<\/strong><\/span> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Finance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>rberhe@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roda is in her third year of a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology. She plans to pursue a role in advancing equitable care in psychology or neurorehabilitation!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Holden Craig<\/span> <\/strong>(he\/him)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Social<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>hjcraig@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holden is in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology. He plans on becoming a Psychedelic Therapist!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sawsan Hasanni<\/span><\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VP Volunteers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>sshasann@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sawsan is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Psychology. She hopes to become a Speech-Language Pathologist!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mana Espinoza<\/span><\/strong> (she\/her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of Volunteers Outreach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>manapiat@ualberta.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mana is in her third year of a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. She is working towards becoming a Personnel Selection Officer for the Canadian Armed Forces!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Undergraduate Psychology Association is a student-run organization dedicated to all things psychology-related at the University of Alberta. We strive to provide information and opportunities to current students and those considering psychology as a possible career. Introducing your 2026\/2027 UPA Exec Team… Donnie Phong (he\/him) President Email: dphong@ualberta.ca Donnie is in his fifth year of a Bachelor of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t