education
I earned my BA in Psychology from Chapman University located in Southern California. I earned my MS and PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Child and Family from Palo Alto University.
training and research
During my graduate training, my main interests were working with children and families, trauma, and health psychology. This led me to serve youth with multifaceted needs in outpatient clinics, various homeless shelters throughout the Bay Area, an elementary school, and within an integrated health care setting at Kaiser Permanente. I also worked in the Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University School of Medicine where I administered neuropsychological assessments to screen for math disabilities in second and third graders with ADHD, and speech and math difficulties in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. My research in graduate school focused on the psychosocial family impact that chronic illnesses can have on family members.
I completed my pre-doctoral internship at Community Health Awareness Council in Mountain View, California and my post-doctoral fellowship at Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department. Upon completing my postdoc, I transitioned into a full-time psychologist at Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara. I also supervised doctoral students in training for two years and worked as an adjunct professor or halftime visiting professor at Palo Alto University.
current
Outside of my private practice, I also teach graduate students as an adjunct professor at Palo Alto University.