Dr. Adaurennaya “Ada” C. Onyewuenyi, a 2nd generation Nigerian of the Igbo tribe, is an associate professor of Psychology and affiliate faculty of African American Studies at The College of New Jersey. She also leads the Identity Development across the African Diaspora (IDAD) Lab. Her research is located at the intersection of education, human development, psychology, and sociology. Her research program focuses on social inequity in educational attainment, access, and mental health via two research strands: (1) examining how Black youth and emerging adults of the African diaspora (African immigrant, Black American, Caribbean immigrant, and Afro-Latinx) use their Blackness to navigate racism and thrive academically and mentally and (2) cultural and peer influences on ethnically diverse youths’ response to conflict management, reciprocity, and reconciliation.