Liana holds degrees in Neuroscience (Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, USA) and Nursing (Duke University, North Carolina, USA). With an interest in cognitive neurodevelopment and caregiver-child health, she worked as a research assistant studying infants’ language acquisition and as a bedside NICU nurse. She is pursuing a master’s with the ENIG, focusing on neural circuitry involved with joint parental reading, understanding how parents can better support their kids. She is interested in the care and optimal development of infants at risk and how prematurity, hospitalization, and/or medical ailments affect health literacy, brain development, & family interactions.