Grounded in early childhood development, this expert brings more than 25 years of experience specializing in infant and early childhood mental health, developmental therapy, and educational intervention. Her work includes conducting comprehensive developmental and neurodevelopmental assessments, providing mental health consultation, and delivering coaching and training to educators across early learning and K-12 environments. She has extensive experience supporting children from infancy through adolescence with developmental delays, trauma-related needs, and behavioral challenges, while applying structured frameworks such as response-to-intervention and evidence-based classroom strategies.

Her professional background includes significant work within early intervention systems, where she provided assessment and treatment services to infants and toddlers and collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to support individualized developmental outcomes. She is highly experienced in administering and interpreting standardized assessment tools used in cognitive, behavioral, and developmental evaluation, supporting both clinical and educational decision-making.

Her academic credentials include a Doctor of Education in teaching and learning with a concentration in assessment and intervention, a master’s degree in early childhood development with a specialization in infant studies, and a bachelor’s degree in education. She has also completed advanced graduate-level legal studies in child law and policy. Her certifications include early intervention developmental therapy, infant and early childhood mental health, and multiple classroom assessment credentials, including CLASS observer and affiliate trainer designations, as well as designation as a Pyramid Model Master Cadre Trainer.