I am an Assistant Professor in Child and Adolescent Development at San Francisco State University
(go Gators! 🐊). 

I received my B.A. in Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (go Bruins! 🐻) and my M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University (go 'Cats! 🐱). 

My research examines language development in bilingual and monolingual children, particularly focusing on how factors such as parental language exposure and cultural norms shape language learning.