My Approach
I am an empathic provider who listens closely to understand each child and family's strengths, challenges, and goals. I focus on unwrapping gifts associated with diverse neurotypes while identifying accommodation and support needs. I also help individuals and families navigate areas of impairment through medical, educational, and social supports that reduce disability. For all patients, I focus on the unique gifts of each child to identify a shared vision of thriving.
Education & Training
I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School, where I completed a research fellowship through the Harvard Center on the Developing Child. I did my residency in Pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco followed by fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at Stanford University.
Prior to medical school, I completed graduate studies in the United Kingdom as a Marshall Scholar. As an undergraduate at Stanford, I received the Joshua Lederberg Award for Academic Excellence in Human Biology.
Research & Community Work
In addition to my own practice, I conduct research and provide mentorship in the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. My research has focused on the neurobiological and clinical consequences of early life experience, including experiences of psychosocial stress and the buffering role of nurturing caregiving.
My current work focuses on community-embedded care innovation to solve access and equity problems in child behavioral health, and on cultural wellness practices to heal immigration-related trauma. I serve as Research Director at Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS), a nonprofit organization helping children and families in the coastal community around Half Moon Bay.
