Dr. Ponce has research and clinical interests in the role of community based public mental health services in recovery from homelessness and mental illness. Another major area of interest is the training and education of psychologists and other mental health professionals. Dr. Ponce supervises psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows. She coordinates several seminars focused on administration, leadership, and community-based care. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Connecticut in 2003 after her internship at the Boston Consortium, and then completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Yale before joining the faculty in 2005. Dr. Ponce is Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and serves as an internship site visit chair for the APA’s Commission on Accreditation.