I completed my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at the University of Southern California. This degree has a focus on the impact of race, gender, socio-economic, and sociopolitical constructs on individuals, families and society, as well as human sexuality. I continued my training at the Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC) in Watts and Mid-City. At SCCC, I worked with adults, children (including K-4 school-based), couples and families. I have also led groups focused on anger management, domestic violence and mindfulness-based stress reduction with an emphasis on social justice-informed therapy.

My passion for work supporting youth and families began in my first career as an educator. I have trained as a yoga teacher and am a practitioner of both yoga and meditation. I relish opportunities to be outdoors. But truthfully spend most of my waking hours parenting my young children.

I am a white, able-bodied, cis woman (PGPs: she/her/hers) in a heterosexual marriage. As such, I strive to do the work to be conscious of how my privileged identities show up in the world and therapeutic settings. My Chinese last name represents my spouse’s racial and ethnic identities, not my own.