About Me

I was still a young person myself when I was first hired to tutor an 8-year-old who was struggling to read. I thought my energy, creativity, and love of literacy would make it easy. 

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I was wrong. 

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I quickly learned that children (and adults and families) are diverse, complex, and changing. Whether at home, school, or in the community, supporting human development is difficult. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. 

 

But science helps. 

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My Masters and PhD in Psychology allow me to combine the power of research with in-depth knowledge of development and "disorder". This education, combined with over a decade of professional experience in diverse school and community settings, gives me a holistic, evidence-based perspective on the needs of children, adolescents, adults, and families, and the ways systems must adapt to meet them. 

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This drives my mission ​to combine science with experience to make change in people's lives. 

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