About
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist located in San Francisco, providing virtual and in-person therapy for adolescents and adults.
Two key factors shaped my path to becoming a therapist. I grew up the bicultural and bilingual child of divorced parents, traveling between Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas. Struggling with my mental health as a teen and into adulthood helped build the insight and compassion that I bring to my practice. My personal experiences with therapy and psychiatry inform how I seek to understand and support the people I have the privilege to work with.
Education and Experience
Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
MA in Integral Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies
BA in French Language and Literature, University of Texas at San Antonio
I have a decade of experience as a school counselor in independent schools in the Bay Area, working with a diverse range of teenagers and their families to address the roadblocks teens encounter as they develop into young adults. During my post-graduate training, I worked in a community mental health clinic providing culturally-attuned services to Spanish-speaking individuals and families healing from developmental trauma, separation, and loss.
In my more distant past, I worked as a waitress, a translator, and a high school teacher. In my free time, I love to read about identity and mental health, cook spicy food, travel to most any destination, and enjoy the company of both dogs and cats. As my practice is located on Ramaytush Ohlone land, I offer yearly Yunakin land tax in gratitude.