Department here at The Chicago School. She is a Licensed Psychologist, specializing in Multicultural Community Clinical Psychology, and is a graduate of the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Counseling Center at Whittier College, where she treated substance use disorders, affective and anxiety disorders, and issues of normal development. She later provided psychological services at the Student Health Center at Mt. San Antonio College, where she also launched the college's Ally Program, dedicated to suicide prevention for LGBTQ students, faculty and staff. Dr. Shields worked extensively on hate crime prevention, and diversity and leadership programs for the City of Azusa, Azusa Police Department, and the Azusa Unified School District.