In May of 2024, I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Development Psychology. Originally from California, I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and always had a passion for supporting young children's developmental outcomes. As a young girl, I played soccer and enjoyed mentoring younger generations on physical and mental skills necessary to their success in the game. While studying psychology at the University of California, Irvine, I realized my interest in pursuing a doctorate degree in Developmental Psychology, parlaying much of what I had learned on the soccer field and in the research labs into a career where I can help inform the scientific community as well as parents and teachers about children's developmental outcomes.

My research agenda focuses on the development of self-regulation skills (i.e., the abilities that support children’s regulation of attention, emotions, and behaviors) and mathematical skills across childhood and adolescence. In my research, I examine how parents and teachers uniquely support children’s self-regulation and mathematical achievement for school success and beyond.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with Research in Mathematics Education in the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. I provide research support on Project SCALE, a U.S. Department of Education funded study that examines the efficacy of a small group math intervention to improve fraction knowledge and mathematical outcomes for students experiencing math difficulties.