Esther Yu

Biography

Esther Yu is a Ph.D. student in the Developmental Psychology and Education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology and Education from OISE, a B.Sc. in Psychology and Applied Statistics from the University of Toronto, and a postgraduate certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence from George Brown College. Her research examines how to support children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development across contexts. She is currently leading review studies on the application of artificial intelligence in early developmental settings to enhance children’s outcomes and is completing her Ph.D. comprehensive work at the BOLD Lab, focusing on children’s cognitive development.