I'm a Board Certified Diplomate and certified sexologist (ABS) and IAPST-certified therapist, licensed for therapy in Israel, New York, and New Jersey. I work with adolescents, adults, neurodivergent individuals, the LGBT+ population, first-generation Americans, and people from religious backgrounds.

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I pursued a varied education to establish credentials to work in the sexology field and with the observant Jewish community. I also speak and conduct trainings on the overlap, often with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community.​

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I completed a BA in Humanities and Sociology at SUNY. ​I graduated from the therapy track at Widener University's Center for Human Sexuality Studies with a Master of Education in Human Sexuality. I studied at Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work, completing an MSW and Ph.D. in Social Welfare, where I researched sexual self-schemata of Modern Orthodox women. While at Wurzweiler, I also researched and proposed a training curriculum for chatan and kallah teachers working with people with trauma histories.

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My licenses and certifications include Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) , Level-3 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Practicum Instruction. I completed my generalist placement as a social worker in a rural middle school and high school in Pennsylvania and my advanced placement at JQY, where I stayed on for a sexology practicum. I was the founding executive director and clinical director at a non-profit supporting religious families with loved ones who are LGBTQ+, overseeing a team of 7.

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I was fortunate to study for one year at Drisha with Devorah Zlochower, R' Moshe Kahn ZT"l, Tammy Jacobowitz, and Wendy Amsallem. I've been a rebbetzin for 18 years and have taught all ages at The Hampton Synagogue and Great Neck Synagogue. As the rebbetzin of The Hampton Synagogue, I was in the first cohort of community rebbetzins to be trained as a Certified Kallah Teacher, a program jointly run by Nishmat, the OU, and the RCA.

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Throughout my academic career I had opportunities to specialize. I was in the first cohort of Sacks Fellows at YU's Sacks-Herenstein Center. I was inducted as a member of the Triota (Iota Iota Iota) National Honor Society for Gender and Women's Studies and am both a member and past vice-president of Gamma Eta Rho, the honor society for Human Sexuality Studies. I received a HRSA grant from DHHS to train in trauma-informed care for adolescents and completed two years as a Dressler Fellow at UJA-Federation. In April 2021 I presented about Experiences of Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care at the Widener 2021 Graduate Student Research Symposium.​​