Tiyobista Maereg is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Developmental Psychology minoring in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her primary research interest is the role of context in the ethnic-racial identity development of Black youth, in particular, Black immigrant youth and Black girls.  Her current project explores the racial and gendered messaging Black girls receive from school and social media and investigates how this messaging is recreated through the identity development process for Black girls.