Dušana Podlucká is a Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is interested in the role of learning in development; more specifically in self and identity development studied in its socio-cultural and spatial context. Moreover, Dusana is interested in practicing socially relevant research and has worked with minor and underprivileged populations. Currently she is working with teachers and children on a participatory project in NYC studying an after-school program as an activity system that is expected to promote children development. Dusana is also involved in conceptualizing children’s place attachment and identity and its relationship to children’s well being and overall development. She has worked on children’s outdoor play and recreational space and the evaluation of community schools as well as organized workshops on the role of play in child development for teachers at The Child Development and Learning Center of the Graduate Center of CUNY.