Her research focuses on the developmental psychopathology of attachment, particularly disorganized attachment. Her main focus is to understand how trauma and attachment are transmitted from one generation to the next, and to find ways to use this understanding to help families that are underserved, such as those living in ethnic minority communities and/or in poverty. Her clinical experience is in the area of early childhood mental health and dyadic and family therapy with multicultural populations, especially with Latino families and children. She has completed academic and clinical work with Latino and international populations in both her native Venezuela and in the United States.