Hello! I am so excited to meet you! My name is Jenny and I have been a school psychologist for the past 20 years.

During this time, I have worked for various school districts in the Bay Area including Marin County, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland. I have been blessed to serve families from a variety of backgrounds and communities including small private schools, charters, and large urban schools. Because of my work for various types of schools, I have learned a great deal about the ins and outs of special education law. I was hired as a Lead Psychologist for several years where I provided in-depth coaching and mentoring to other school psychologists in my department and facilitated monthly professional development. I have also presented original research related to reading development at national and state conferences. I became a Licensed Educational Psychologist almost a decade ago. Currently, I am also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Fresno Pacific University where I continue to teach and mentor incoming school psychologists at the graduate level.

Educational Background:

I first began my career as a psychologist at UCLA because I wanted to help others. As UCLA is a top research institute, during my time as an undergraduate student I was fortunate to work on several research projects including a longitudinal study related to bullying in middle schools. Post undergraduate graduation, I was promoted as the Project Manager of this study and was also hired by the UCLA Center for Culture and Health as a research associate for a study examining reading outcomes for African American and Latino children. Additionally, I received hands-on training as a behavior therapist, which allowed me to work directly with children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. I was accepted to the SFSU School Psychology Master's program where I met Jana and trained alongside her, after which I earned my Master of Science (MS) in School Psychology and PPS Credentials in Counseling and School Psychology. In 2017, I became a LEP.

Professional Passion:

Justice and service are at the core of my work. I am deeply passionate about ensuring the rights of those with disabilities and mental health needs are met. As I am the child of immigrants and grew up speaking Spanish in addition to English, my work has also been focused on understanding cultural and linguistic differences that impact learning. I am interested in complex cases and have completed assessments for incarcerated students, those with significant trauma history, and students with low incidence disabilities, such as vision impairment. I also enjoy working with students with anxiety, depression, Autism, and Attention/Executive Function deficits.