I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley (starting July 2025). I specialize in interdisciplinary translational research and culturally responsive treatment approaches that address racism-related stress, suicide, and mental health disparities within Black communities.

I am a licensed psychological associate (LPA) in the state of Texas. I have over seven years of clinical experience working with culturally diverse adolescents, families, and adults in community-based and medical mental health care settings. I also maintain an active presence in the community through volunteering, mentoring, and leading workshops to help foster healing and liberation for underserved youth and families. Throughout all of my endeavors I remain fueled by my ultimate desire to develop and implement culturally relevant interventions, programming, and policies that target the reduction of racism-related stress, suicide, and mental health disparities within Black communities.

I earned my B.A. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018), will receive my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston (2024), and am currently completing my predoctoral clinical internship at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.