Dr. Ahluwalia earned her doctoate in counseling psychology from New York University in 2002. Her research areas include issues of discrimination, intersecting identities, and multicultural competency training. She teaches a wide variety of courses including Introduction to Professional Counseling, Counseling Techiques, Psychology of Asian Americans, and Multicultural Counseling and Development. She is actively involved in the American Psychological Association and the Asian American Psychological Association.