Bernardo is a current first year MSW student in the two-year program at UNC. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 2024 where he majored in psychology and minored in data science. He is from a small town called Wilkesboro in North Carolina and hopes to continue doing addiction research beyond his MSW and eventually continue his academic journey working in higher education. Bernardo has previously worked in addiction research in UNC’s Department of Psychology and with adults with intellectual disorders in residential facilities.