Diana L Orozco-Lapray

Dr. Orozco-Lapray, or Dr. O as she is known by her students, is a proud UT Austin alum and life-long Austinite. Her focus areas are child development, family well-being and tangible solutions for inter-generational health and well-being.  

As a Project Manager at the Center for Research to Community Impact (CRCI), I collaborate with multiple Principal Investigators and diverse interdisciplinary teams. My focus is on strengthening operational capacity so that PIs can dedicate their energy to advancing science, mentoring emerging researchers, and translating discoveries from the lab to the communities they impact.

I often say my superpower is turning PIs’ ideas into operational reality — building the structure and momentum that helps research move from concept to impact.

Currently, I coordinate three projects: 

• Latino Education after Public School (LEAPS), IES funded (R305A200387), PI: Dr. Charles Martinez
• Comunidades y Espacios Activos (CEA; "Active Communities and Spaces"), NIH funded (R01MD019155), PI: Dr. Debora Salvo
• The Latino Youth and Family Study-III (LYFE-3), NIMH funded (R34MH134935), PI: Dr. Cory Cobb at Texas A&M University