Yana Ryakhovskaya
Project Researcher
Yana finished a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Anthropology), with Honours in Psychology at the University of Melbourne in 2020. She aspires to be a researcher and is passionate about doing translatable and actionable research that aims to understand and solve prevalent issues within her community – with a particular focus on mental health and wellbeing.
At Action Research Centre, she is currently working on a project regarding community resilience using an asset-based approach to community development. Aside from that, she is currently working as a university tutor and a research assistant for Pearson Clinical.