Experience

Principal Research Scientist Education Development Center, 1999 - Present

Lead various projects to support effective school-based programs related to Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and mental health, including the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)’s Social and Emotional Learning(SEL)/Mental Health Academy. 

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Spring 2006 and Spring 2011

Provided teaching support for two graduate-level courses: "Intermediate Statistics: Applied Regression and Data Analysis" and "Adolescent Development." 

Program Coordinator, Tufts University, 2006 - 2009

Designed and implemented an inter-cultural program for undergraduate students funded by a federal grant. 

School Committee Chair, Natick, 2023 - Present

School Committee Member, Natick, 2019 - Present

Special Education Advisory Panel Co-Chair, MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2018 - Present

Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC), Natick, 2018 - 2019

Board Member, Temple Israel of Natick, 2015 - 2018

Doctor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Master of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brandeis University