Born in NY and raised in the Midwest, I have enjoyed using my profession as an excuse to move around the country. I moved to California in 2011 as a postdoctoral fellow with Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa. Prior to moving west I was an undergrad at Manhattan College in Bronx, NY, attended graduate school at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and completed my pre-doctoral internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. In 2017 I co-authored a book, 101 Ways to Conquer Teen Anxiety, published by Ulysses Press. In my free time I like taking advantage of all Northern California has to offer, including skiing, swimming, and live music.