National Register Internship Scholarships: Northeastern US and Canada

by APF Staff on June 18, 2024

The National Register Internship Travel Scholarships provide financial support to students enrolled in psychology doctoral programs to help them physically relocate from the location of their graduate program to their selected predoctoral internship site. 

We are thrilled to have our 2024 recipients relocating across the continent, and look forward to witnessing the widespread impact of their work through APF’s support! Explore below to learn more about our remarkable scholarship recipients who are relocating to the Northeastern United States and Canada for their internships.

Northeastern United States and Canada


Robinson De Jesus Romero (he/him)
Indiana University, Bloomington
Internship Site: VA Boston Healthcare System

“I’m so happy to receive this award! This funding will allow me to avoid taking up loans to cover my expenses, allowing me to focus on obtaining the type of training I am interested in.”


Gayla Olvera (she/her)
Regent University
Internship Site: Community Services Institute

“This scholarship will ensure I can focus on my training and professional development without stress. The financial support will aid in moving costs, acquiring moving supplies, and helping me get settled in the beautiful state of Massachusetts! Thank you for supporting my personal and professional growth and fostering diversity and inclusivity through financial support within the field of psychology.”


Ryan Guest (he/him)
Emory University
Internship Site: Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Mental Health Center at Beth Israel Deaconess

“I am incredibly thankful for the scholarship, as it will not only help cover immediate costs associated with relocation for internship but also decrease the financial impact of expenses during subsequent stages of training, such as postdoctoral fellowship and board certification.”


Michaela Gusman (she/her)
Arizona State University
Internship Site:  Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital

“This funding makes a huge impact on my ability to move across the country to train at one of my dream sites in health service psychology. I am so grateful for the cushion it provides in kickstarting my career, allowing me to start my program without worrying about the significant costs that come with moving to a new city.”


Alyssa A. Hoyt (she/her)
University of Memphis
Internship Site: Federal Medical Center, Devens

“During these exciting, yet challenging times of transition, any financial support that you can receive makes all the difference in you meeting that next milestone in this long journey. It is a gift that allows you to focus more on the excitement of this time.”


Ardhys De Leon (she/her)
University of Central Florida
Internship Site: Alpert Medical School of Brown University Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program

“The National Register Internship Travel Scholarship awarded will be instrumental in allowing me to push through the financial barrier of relocating and continue to work on pursuing my career and long-term professional goals at Brown University.”


Rafael Leite (he/him)
University of Miami
Internship Site: Brown University’s Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program

“This scholarship will allow me to focus on adjusting to my new role as a full-time clinical intern, while also allowing me to dedicate my time and energy to learning how to best serve the new patient population I will be working with in Rhode Island.”


Rachel Keszycki (she/her)
Northwestern University
Internship Site: Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program at the Warren Alpert Medical School

“I am incredibly grateful to have been awarded the National Register Internship Travel Scholarship. This award will streamline my transition, enabling me to promptly and fully immerse myself into the internship year and maximizing my training potential as an aspiring neuropsychologist.”


Zachary Wilde (he/him)
University of Southern Mississippi
Internship Site: Greater Hartford Internship Consortium 

“I am incredibly grateful to receive this award! This will definitely help alleviate the financial stress of relocating from Mississippi to Connecticut for residency. As a result, I can focus more on gaining the training, knowledge, and expertise needed to pursue my goal of becoming a clinical health psychologist.”


Joshua DeSon (they/them)
Fordham University
Internship Site: Yale University School of Medicine – Psychiatry

“This funding provides me the security and opportunity to fully immerse myself in my internship training as a health service psychologist delivering affirming care to trans and gender-diverse patients. It marks a significant milestone towards my goal of ensuring that clinicians and clinical interventions are tailored to the needs of gender diverse and LGBTQ+ individuals.”


Farahdeba Herrawi (she/her)
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Internship Site: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

“This funding will allow me to be more present and prepared as I embark on my internship journey.”


Jordan A. Kocon (he/él)
New Mexico State University
Internship Site: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry / Department of Psychiatry (Lazos Fuertes)

“Receiving this scholarship will significantly ease my financial burden. It will allow me to focus on my dissertation and fully engage in my internship, ultimately enhancing my skills as a bilingual psychologist dedicated to serving underserved communities.”


Lauren “LaGriff” Griffin (they/them)
Suffolk University
Internship Site: University at Albany Counseling and Psychological Services

“This funding will enable me to pursue my career goals of working with young adults from diverse backgrounds. Since I am moving out of state for my internship, this scholarship will significantly decreases the financial stress associated with moving.”


David Benitez (he/him)
Albizu University-Miami
Internship Site: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry / Department of Psychiatry (Lazos Fuertes)

“This internship scholarship will help tremendously as I enter this final internship year.”


Harlee Onovbiona (she/her)
University of Arkansas
Internship Site: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

“This funding will provide me with a little bit of peace as I enter into this new stage of my career.”


Shruti Kinkel-Ram (she/her)
Miami University
Internship Site: Western Psychiatric Hospital

“As my my current graduate assistantship ended in May and my internship does not start until late August, funding from the National Register Internship Travel Scholarship will help bridge the gap in my living expenses from mid-May to my next paycheck in mid-September. Assistance from American Psychological Foundation will help alleviate this financial anxiety and allow me to devote time before Internship to critical research and clinical training experiences that will better prepare me for internship and my future career.”


Renee Lamoreau (she/her)
Tulane University
Internship Site: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

“I recently made the transition this past week from New Orleans to Philadelphia to start my pre-doctoral internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). This would not have been possible without the assistance of APF who generously helped to subsidize an expensive long-distance move with the National Register Internship Travel Scholarship. I am looking forward to making new professional connections and CHOP and using my internship year as the springboard to this next phase in my career.”


Sandra Krause (she/her)
Concordia University
Internship Site: Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (The Royal)

“Residency is a unique and exciting opportunity to get specialized training in the clinical areas I am most interested in. This scholarship will greatly help to reduce the financial burden that awaits me and will allow me to focus more on the exciting clinical training opportunities that await me on residency, rather than being preoccupied by financial stress.”


Lauren Hernandez (she/her)
The Wright Institute
Internship Site: The Cambridge Health Alliance/ Harvard Medical School


Caitlin Shneider (she/her)
Georgia State University
Internship Site: Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital


Lushna M. Mehra (she/her)
Florida State University
Internship Site: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine


Brenna Klesel (she/her)
Iowa State University
Internship Site: Youth Consultation Service Institute for Infant and Preschool Mental Healthital


Dulce Diaz Benitez (she/her)
New Mexico State University
Internship Site: Stony Brook Consortium

“This funding will lessen the financial burden of moving for internship! The move from Arkansas to New York is expensive and I am grateful for the financial assistance.”