

(Media Psychology PhD in progress)
Hi 👋🏽, my name is Mayra and I'm a media and cyber psychologist passionate about:
1) creating humane interactions and benevolent choice architectures for users
2) fostering positive media experiences, protecting human autonomy, and deepening media literacy for audiences and populations
and ...
3) designing ethical and facilitated experiences to improve processes and outcomes wherever humans and machines collaborate.
And perhaps, most importantly:
"Luminous Beings Are We, Not This Crude Matter.”
Nope, I'm not averse to algorithms, AI, or technology. Just the opposite: I love technology and recognize its long history as an instrumental and collaborative part of everyday human life spanning centuries.
But for as much as I enjoy and respect technology, and appreciate its positive derivatives, I love humanity even more. As a media and cyberpsychologist, I'm all about improving and expanding our meaningful relationships with technology in relevant, psychologically-sound, and ethical ways that preserve (and promote) our humanity at their very core.