Caitlyn Bautista

Caitlyn is currently a clinical psychology doctoral student at Loma Linda University’s School of Behavioral Health.  She is a graduate of Pepperdine University with a BA in Psychology.  After graduating, she joined the Riverside Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, as a substance counselor, where she helped at-risk high school students, in the Coachella Valley Unified School District, with substance abuse as well as other social and behavioral problems. She is interested in community-based interventions. Her research interests are in substance abuse prevention, anxiety, and depression in preadolescent and adolescent children.