She is a leading expert on VTCs with extensive experience conducting multi-site evaluations and national surveys and fostering strong researcher-practitioner partnerships. Since 2010, she has been working with courts, legislatures, agencies, and researchers in the area of VTCs and military service issues. She is currently the Principal Investigator on a multi-site evaluation of VTCs funded by the National Institute of Justice ($761,231), as well as the co-founder and co-President of the Veterans Treatment Court Research Consortium. Prior to her doctoral program, she was a court analyst for the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Judicial Department (Brooklyn, NY) and an appeals paralegal and FOIL administrator for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office (Brooklyn, NY).