In her clinical practice, she focuses her efforts on marginalized populations who feel othered or oppressed by dominant cultures and norms. Her research agenda widely focuses on identity exploration as it relates to history, politics, psychology and the interplay between these disciplines greatly impacts her clinical work. As an instructor, she also weaves in liberatory frameworks of understanding that cut across her clinical and teaching practices. Namely, she interrogates what is widely known or held to be true through the process of problematization and encourages students and clients alike to locate themselves within this process in an effort to conscientize, or critical consciousness making. Her goal as a psychologist, educator, and researcher is to encourage the cultivation of critical thinking so all students are able to challenge knowledge as it exists and create knowledge through critical inquiry.