I’m an Assistant Director of Education & Training supporting trauma-informed training initiatives for practitioners, mentors, and young people impacted by foster care at Silver Lining Mentoring. Previously, I was a clinician and clinical supervisor Youth Villages providing in-home therapy to families in need of emotional and behavioral supports.

I obtained my M.A. in Child Study and Human Development from Tufts University, where I concentrated in clinical developmental health and psychology. Here I worked as an assistant teacher at the Eliot Pearson Children’s School focusing on children’s social and emotional development. I developed a group-based social skills curriculum for children and teens under short-term residential crisis care at Walker Therapeutic and Educational Programs and created my capstone project under the advisory of W. George Scarlett. Prior to that, I obtained a B.A. in Psychology from Providence College and spent two years serving communities with AmeriCorps in the Providence charter school system, where I taught in elementary and middle school classrooms.

Interests

I’m broadly interested in contributing to inclusive and engaging spaces to work and learn. Across environments for both children and adults, my mission has been to help elevate meaningful learning opportunities through education, belonging, and people development. I’m a social dot connector who loves to improve the systems that help people learn and work more efficiently.

I’m a volunteer staff writer for Tomorrow’s Earth Stewards, a resource hub for connecting children to nature and teaching Earth stewardship. On my own time I enjoy writing about social services, belonging, and inclusion at work.