Portrait photo of a woman with a white flower in her hair, leaning on her left elbow with her hand resting on her neck, against a brown brick background.

Karina Fernandez-Saito (she/her) is a student of the 2026 class in the CUNY BA program, with her home campus being Brooklyn College. Through the CUNY BA program Karina was able to create an interdisciplinary degree, combining the sciences and humanities to design her major, Ethics in Culture and Health. The field of cognitive science influenced the trajectory of her major. Then branched into analyzing how cultural values and societal structures contribute to a person's health and mind. Alongside building her major, Karina has conducted research examining the disproportionate responsibility of caregiving Latina women take on, and the burdens that result from assuming the role of dementia caregiving. Karina continues to broaden her knowledge about social injustices occurring throughout the world and hopes to devote her life to the well-being of marginalized groups.