Laura Rivera Laura Rivera is a UX Research Manager at Facebook, in Menlo Park, CA. She has spent the last decade applying her background in cognitive psychology as a mixed methods researcher in the non-profit and technology sectors. At Facebook she supports a research team in driving user insights to shape the future of how News Feed delivers the content people want, when they want it. Outside work, she loves spending time with her husband and daughter, reading, walking, hiking, and having dinner parties with friends.