Eryca Yamane

Eryca Yamane (she/they) is a Master of Social Welfare student at the University of California, Los Angeles. They received their undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where they worked at the Koegel Autism Center. Currently, they work at the Special Patient Care Clinic in the School of Dentistry at UCLA. Eryca’s clinical and research interests include increasing access to healthcare, providing trauma-informed care, and disability justice policy. Their experience and work with individuals include working with grief and complex PTSD. The hats Eryca has worn include case manager, transitional kindergarten teacher, academic adviser, high school therapist, and Fun Auntie. They view people as magical individuals doing the best that they can do within broken systems. They are eager and thankful to uplift individuals’ strength and stories.