CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
RESEARCHING THE INTERPLAY OF STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH
ABOUT ME
I earned my B.S. from the University of Miami in 2014, double majoring in Psychology and English Literature. From there, I completed my Clinical Internship in the Cognitive Behavioral Track at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and received my PhD in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University in 2023.
Currently, I'm serving as a postdoctoral fellow at the Stress and Development Lab in the Harvard College of Arts and Sciences. My primary research focuses on understanding how neighborhood and community-level factors contribute to mental illness vulnerability. I’ve been looking at how neighborhood, community, and structural inequities can influence mental health, aiming to identify biological and neural mechanisms underlying their impact on individuals.
Millions of kids in the United States and beyond live in neighborhoods where they do not feel safe. We also know levels of income inequality at the neighborhood level have been rising precipitously, and millions of kids live in neighborhoods lacking appropriate resources for healthy development. Many neighborhoods and broader environments can foster feelings of exclusion or lack of belonging, particularly for minoritized groups, exacerbating nationwide increases in loneliness and mental illness. My work aims to understand how these systemic environmental characteristics could influence biological and neural development and mental health. My hope is that this understanding can get us closer to identifying ways to prevent and intervene against adverse health and well-being outcomes.
Clinically, I specialize in evidence-based assessment and treatment for adolescents and adults dealing with severe mental illness and complex psychopathology. I prioritize culturally informed care, particularly for low income, minoritized and marginalized communities. My training background is in full protocol dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE
RESEARCH &
DATA ANALYSIS
MENTAL
HEALTH
NEURO
DEVELOPMENT
EVIDENCE-BASED
ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT
CULTURAL SENSITIVE
TREATMENT
STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCS
Curriculum Vitae
LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
2024-PRESENT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
2023-PRESENT
Massachusetts
PSY10000583
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Stress and Development Lab
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
2022-2023
CLINICAL FELLOW
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Clinical Fellow in Psychology
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APA Accredited Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Track
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2018-2023
Ph.D.,
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
2016-2018
Master of Science,
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
2010-2014
Bachelor of Science
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Double majors in Psychology and English Literature
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Minor in Biology
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General University Honors, and Latin honors (Cum Laude)
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
My work has focused on severe mental illness and identifying markers and mechanisms that might help us understand how that vulnerability happens. I’ve been particularly interested in neighborhood and community-level influences on mental illness vulnerability and understanding underlying processes of influence.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
I am interested in evidence-based treatments. My background is in administering full-protocol DBT, and I am also trained on CBT and approaches for adapting CBT to severe mental illness, including psychosis. Lastly, I am passionate about culturally informed and anti-racist approaches to clinical work.
CONTACT
For inquiries about professional consultations, academic collaborations, or research opportunities, please reach out.
I look forward to hearing from you!
