Daughter. Aunty. Scholar. Activist. Friend.

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, I completed nine years of post-graduate training in adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, global mental health, and health services research. I then worked in various psychiatric clinical care settings while developing innovative medical education content pertaining to racism and antiracism.

In 2021, I launched my private practice in California with the goal of providing high-quality, antiracist, and affirming mental healthcare that promotes healing and joy. Few providers possess my unique academic and clinical expertise, as well as my passion for the work I feel so privileged to do. In addition to providing clinical care, I write and teach extensively about health equity and antiracism in mental healthcare and healthcare more broadly. My scholarship enhances and deepens my clinical work.

I believe that the people I see find their way to me as much as I find my way to them.

Education & Training

  • UCLA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

  • Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health Dr. Mario Pagenel Fellowship in Global Mental Health Delivery (Haiti, Peru)

  • University of Colorado Adult Psychiatry Residency

  • Harvard Medical School, MD (Honors)

  • Duke University, BA in History (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Gertrude Rogers Greenblatt Award (clinical excellence in child psychiatry), UCLA Division of Child Psychiatry

  • Ritvo Award (academic excellence in child psychiatry), UCLA Division of Child Psychiatry

  • Laughlin Fellow, American College of Psychiatrists

  • Minority Fellowship Program Grantee, American Psychiatric Association

  • Gold Humanism in Medicine Award

  • Fellow, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

  • Fulbright Scholar, South Korea

BOARD CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, and New Jersey Medical License

  • California DEA License

RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP

  • Founder, Antriacism in Mental Health Fellowship

  • Co-Founder, Antiracism Healing Collaborative, Home of the Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series

  • Guest Editor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America special issue on the pediatric mental health crisis

  • Global Mental Health Researcher, Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine

  • Health Services Researcher, University of Colorado Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health 

Selected Publications