I started out my academic career pretty poorly as a kid, but my love of learning helped me overcome my learning issues. I went to Pomona College in Claremont, CA (a small liberal arts college) with time at Oxford University.  I was graduated with honors (including Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude and Sigma Xi science award).  I majored in psychology with a minor emphasis in literature, but I saved time for storytelling, juggling, and working with children who had been abused. I then received my master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Colorado at Boulder in a joint program focusing on child clinical and developmental psychology.  I was trained as a researcher and published several articles in the area of child abuse before I decided to focus solely on clinical work.  I completed my internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Science Center, where I completed my studies “with Merit”.  Since then, I taught graduate school courses, worked at mental health centers and in the Child Development Center at The Children’s Hospital and also JFK Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities.  I am currently in private practice full time with a focus on psychological evaluations.