Karolina Cabrera Orellana got her associate degree in liberal arts Psychology at Quincy College, after that she transferred to UMass Boston where she is currently a third year student in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Working at ECCL MIT as a Lab Fellow since 2020.

Isaiah Dela Cruz is the Lab Manager at MIT’s Early Childhood Cognition Lab (ECCL) as of August 2025. He earned his Ed.M. in Human Development and Education, with a concentration in Early Childhood from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and his BSc in Psychology, minor in Data Science from De La Salle University (Philippines). His current research interests revolves around how children reason and circumnavigate challenges in achieving their goals (e.g., Asking for help from caregivers or peers, imagining other possibilities or pathways). He also asks: When and how social relationships (ex. parenting) impact children’s goal reasoning and agency?