I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development at California State University San Marcos. I am also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY33951) with clinical and research expertise in maternal, child, and family mental health, coping with trauma and adversity, and culturally responsive care.
After completing my undergraduate education in psychology at Tufts University, I worked for the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital. I also worked for Sangath in Goa, India, on integrating mental health services into schools and adapting an intervention for children with autism to the local community.
Next, I completed my M.A. and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where I also completed a Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences emphasis. I completed my Clinical Internship at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. I then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California Irvine Conte Center.
