Ren (they/them) is a rising second year student in the Child Clinical Psychology program at the University of Washington. They received their B.S. in Psychology with minors in Substance Use Treatment, Clinical Health, and Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Arlington. Their main research interests include examining the impact that parental substance use and/or parent psychopathology may have on long-term developmental, psychosocial, and substance use outcomes in adolescent populations. More specifically, they are interested in developing a better understanding of factors that may serve to moderate or mediate the impact of parental substance use/psychopathology, in addition to protective factors that may serve to mitigate children's risk for adverse psychological outcomes and intergenerational transmission of substance use as children enter adolescence. In doing so, they hope to contribute to the growing body of research, policy, and practice initiatives aimed at supporting this vulnerable population. Secondarily, they are also interested in examining the strategies that adolescents use to navigate family systems in which one (or both) parents have a substance use disorder, as well as the factors that determine if/when/how children come to employ these strategies.