Benny is a second-year graduate student working with Kristina Olson and Casey Lew-Williams. He previously served as a lab manager for Dr. Michael Frank in the Stanford Language and Cognition Lab. Benny is interested in how children’s language environments shape their understanding of social categories such as gender, ethnicity and age. In his free time, Benny is a classical clarinet player and enjoys attempting to recreate his grandmother’s legendary cuisine.