Two key factors shaped my path to becoming a therapist. Growing up the bicultural and bilingual child of divorced parents, I shuttled between Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas. I struggled with my mental health as a teen and into young adulthood. These experiences helped build the insight and compassion that I bring to my practice and inform how I understand and support the people I have the privilege to work with.

I have a decade of experience as a school counselor in independent high schools in the Bay Area, working with a diverse range of teenagers and their families to address the roadblocks teens encounter as they develop into young adults. During my post-graduate training, I worked in a community mental health clinic providing culturally-attuned services to Spanish-speaking individuals and families healing from developmental trauma, separation, and loss.

In my more distant past, I worked as a waitress, a translator, and a high school language and health teacher. In my free time, I love to read about identity and mental health, cook spicy food, travel to most any destination, and enjoy the company of both dogs and cats. As my practice is located on Ramaytush Ohlone land, I offer yearly Yunakin land tax in gratitude.