She directs strengths-based research investigating family factors related to the social and emotional well-being of young children in transnationally adoptive families. She has developed Inquisitive Minds, a workshop for adoptive parents of preschoolers, and the Latino Photojournalism Project, a creative route for adopted youth to explore identity through photography and interviewing. She is affiliated with the University of Michigan’s Center for Human Growth and Development and also maintains a clinical practice in Ann Arbor.