After receiving her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from Smith College in 2000, Ms. McLaughlin moved to Quito, Ecuador where she served as the Dean of Counseling at La Universidad San Francisco de Quito and as a clinician at the country’s first and only eating disorders clinic. Upon her return to Boston in 2007, Ms. McLaughlin continued to serve the Spanish-speaking population at a community health center. Prior to her professional career, she gained a great appreciation and respect for cultural differences through her experiences living abroad in Argentina, Spain, Costa Rica, and France, as well as extensive travels through Western and Eastern Europe and Central and South America.