Résumé

M.A., Marriage and Family Therapy

Dominican University of California · Art Therapy focus · 2026

GPA 3.88

B.A., Psychology and Art

Whitman College · cum laude · 2021

Selected graduate coursework

Marriage and Family Therapist Intern

Meristem · Fair Oaks, California

• Provided individual talk therapy, art therapy, and telehealth services for neurodivergent young adults.
• Maintained a caseload of 10–12 clients and completed 893 clinical hours, including 416 direct hours.
• Used DBT-informed, solution-focused, existential-humanistic, and expressive-arts approaches.
• Integrated therapeutic tabletop role-playing into Dungeons & Dragons classes.

Lead Researcher

Dominican University of California

• Led an IRB-approved graduate art therapy thesis study with human participants and an art-making component.
• Compared traditional physical media and text-to-image generation in response to Solution-Focused Therapy's “miracle question.”
• Collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data related to working alliance and perceived efficacy.

Therapeutic Tabletop Role-Playing Game Master

The Nexus Station · Davis, California

• Ran two therapeutic Dungeons & Dragons groups with a licensed clinical social worker.
• Supported social-emotional learning and decision-making for participants ages 10–12.

Education, art, and youth development

Clinical, research, and collaborative practice

Expressive arts and telehealth; trauma-informed care; case conceptualization; clinical documentation; individual and group collaboration; qualitative and quantitative research; APA 7; SPSS; Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI tools; empathy, attunement, adaptability, and boundary setting.