She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher and a certified Mindfulness Facilitator through the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. As someone who as been in the role of a student, professor, researcher, clinical supervisor, therapist and administrator in university settings, she has an appreciation for the experience of being in an academic environment. Her interests include mindfulness and it’s many benefits, as well as, the role of sociocultural context on psychological wellbeing.