Avalon is a postgraduate research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. She joined DU4U in May of 2022 after hearing of the devastating tragedies taking place in Ukraine. Avalon has longstanding experience and passion for helping non-profit organisations.

Her research interests focus on human resiliency in the face of adversity, specifically in the context of trauma- and stressor- related disorders and substance use disorders.

Avalon currently runs the organization’s Instagram and Twitter as well as helping to facilitate fundraising efforts.