She is a social psychologist and program evaluator, and has extensive project management and program evaluation experience. She has managed several large scale projects including San Diego Unified School District’s Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative funded by the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services, and the San Diego Navy Experiment funded by the Department of Defense in collaboration with the National Institute of Mental Health. Her basic research is concerned with social identity, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Her applied work includes examining health-related outcomes of diverse racial and ethnic groups in a variety of settings (e.g., county mental health, school district) and community-based participatory research.