Meet the Team
Our Founder

Dr. Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra is the President of Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, an international, interdisciplinary, nonprofit organization that she founded in 2013 to support and advance objective, high-quality scientific research, identify and nurture talent, educate and inform the public and provide policy makers with actionable information. Using her medical degree, non-profit experience, philanthropic resources and a long-standing interest in media and children, Dr. Hurst-Della Pietra has become one of the field’s leading conveners, curators, and grant-makers.
A Long Island-based philanthropist along with her husband Stephen, a few recent projects include endowing a chair in biomedical imaging at Stony Brook Medicine, starting the Della Pietra Lecture Series at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, which brings the best and brightest minds of our time in science and math to high school and college students on Long Island and developing a weekend enrichment program for gifted high school students in math and science. Pamela also developed the Mount Career Laboratory, a series of hands-on career workshops, which helped that school earn New York State’s Blue Ribbon of Excellence. She served on the President’s task force of the Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and has also worked as the founding director of several highly successful non-profit organizations and programs. Early in her career, Dr. Hurst-Della Pietra worked in television production for children’s educational programs such as Sesame Street. In addition to being the Founder and President of Children and Screens, she is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Public Health Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.
MEET THE TEAM










Our Past Interns
Academy of Art University
Michelle Guo
Baylor University
Kristen Ogarrio
Boston University
Emily Rivera
Brown University
Angelo Giannopoulos
Ruth Schlenker
California Baptist University
Susannah Metzler
California State University, Fullerton
Jasmine Matsumoto
California State University, Northridge
Avery Clark
Erika De La Rosa
Case Western Reserve University
Tina Fong
Central Michigan University
John Caufield
Columbia University
Angelo Coelho
Mara Danoff, Teacher’s College
Jennifer Lee, Teacher’s College
Cindy Setiadi, Teacher’s College
Hailey Wetherill
Cornell University
Catherine Cai
Chelsea Chen
Angela Constantine
Jin Shang
Nicole Werner
CUNY Baruch College
Sven Larsen, Macaulay Honors College
Daniella Rodriguez, Macaulay Honors College
Aja Tarrao
Davidson College
Sarah Suttner
DePaul University
Pushty Shah
Dickinson College
Lindsay Kuracina
Duke University
Alisa Adhikari
Daniel Sul
Emory University
Tanisha Ghosh
Fashion Institute of Technology
Whitney Chen
Sandra Mustopa
Fielding Graduate University
Margaret Sargent
Florida State University
Christina Carassas
Georgetown University
Christine Kim
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gracelyn Nguyen
Hofstra University
Meghan Fawcett
Hunter College, City University of New York
Srimayee Dam
Indiana University
Sophie Marx
James Madison University
Tanner Sykhammountry
Johns Hopkins University
Grace Kirtland
King’s College
Annabelle Ford
Liberty University
Soogeun Jang
Mount Holyoke College
Elizabeth Agbedun
New York University
Remy Badge
Kainaz Patravalar
Sanjana Shah
Nancy Zamora
Jenny Zheng
Northeastern University
Jayna Kurlender
Ecom Lu
Oakland University Honors College
Tyler Dixon
Princeton University
Colton Wang
Purdue University
Qiyan Ba
Erik Josson
Rochester Institute of Technology
Juliann Thang
Rutgers University
Nithila Arunkuma
rMeryem Carikci
Manasa Dornala
Christopher Kwok
Antoinette Pauwells
Sophie Sklar
Laura Vorbach
Salisbury University
Erich Ammann
San Diego State University
Jessie Siu
San Jose State University
Aarti Patel
Kem Awosanya
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Qixuan Mai
Seattle Pacific University
Ken Kok
St. John's University
Maura Warren
Stockton University
Amanda Maurer
Stony Brook University
Joy Trehan
Victoria Davis
SUNY New Paltz
Jack Healy
The New School
Ananya Shrivastava
The Ohio State University
Ann Lee
The Open University
Katelyn Owens
The Pennsylvania State University
Nyla Holland
Anabelle Furry
Cameron Kelly
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allie Hayhurst
The University of Texas at Austin
Shereena Mathew
Tufts University
Josephine Omoyugbo
Union College
Audrey Palmeri
University of California, Irvine
Andre Abad
University of California, Los Angeles
Hung-Yi Chen
Andrew Martinez
University of California, San Diego
Laylani Cedano
University of California, Santa Cruz
Anisha Dalavai
University of Chicago
Madeleine Oswald
University of Glasgow
Avantika Bhardwaj
University of Houston
Lara Babalola
University of Michigan
Grace Chein
Payton Moore
Ruowen Wang
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Olivia Nalon
University of Missouri
Evanna Momtaj
University of Northern Iowa
Kwan Williams
University of Notre Dame
Olivia Hsin
Sana Khan
University of Pennsylvania
Jillian Castoro
Haoyan Lin
University of Pittsburgh
Annie Kane
University of Rochester
Rohat Chari
University of San Francisco
Amy Haskour
University of Southern California
Lois Angelo
Julie Bernard
Jialing Gu
Gregory Koh
Ava Montana
University of Virginia
Daulton Roach
University of Washington
Sofia Anderson
Joseph Dyer
Aditya Gunawan
Daniela Wolfert
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sofia Reverendo
Villa Maria College
George Jacobs
Virginia Tech
Devika Shukla
Wellesley College
Mia Kriksciun
From Our Past Interns
“This opportunity has been an amazing experience that has allowed me to learn more about the effects of digital media on children and adolescents and different aspects of research that goes into this field. This semester I was able to establish critical skills that I will take as I move forward in my career.”
“I am deeply honored to have been chosen by you and the team at Children and Screens to be a part of the marketing intern group this past spring. I have had a wonderful experience in promoting the Institute's four-fold mission and contributing to the important work you all do.”
“I have gained valuable insight into a variety of industries and positions over the past 12 weeks. I can confidently say that the knowledge and unwavering support I received has allowed me to grow and evolve more than I could have imagined. I am so grateful for the opportunity to join a passionate team within a company I truly admire.”
“I loved getting the opportunity to work with Children and Screens on all the great work you do. I really appreciate how my work and opinions were valued here.”
For media inquiries, contact Jon Bleicher at jon@childrenandscreens.com