Deyja Enriquez

Deyja Enriquez is currently a Counseling Psychology doctoral student specializing in sport and performance psychology. Prior to BU, Deyja completed her undergraduate career in her hometown of Boulder, CO, at the University of Colorado where she majored in psychology and sociology with a minor in business. She went on to earn her Master’s degree in Sport & Performance Psychology with a specialization in Latinx Psychology from the University of Denver. At both CU and DU, she has worked in labs surrounding microaggressions, race and ethnicity, and stereotyping.

Deyja’s research interests include the investigation of racial and ethnic identity in athletes and how it may coexist with athletic identity. Her applied work has been within community juvenile justice services, an inpatient eating disorder center, coaching, and mental performance. Deyja aims to use her bilingualism and biculturalism to increase accessibility to mental health resources.

As a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology,, Deyja also aims to increase accessibility to culturally competent services within collegiate and professional sport. In her free time, Deyja can be found running, catching up with friends, watching a sport documentary, or at a coffee shop drinking matcha.