Biography

About
As Associate Director of Learning Services, Katrina supports the coordination and direction of programs and services associated with the Center for Learning. She also teaches the MAPS (Monarch Academic Program for Success) and SOAR (Student Outreach and Resiliency) classes. In addition to her work at Mater Dei, as a certified educational therapist and member of the Association of Educational Therapists (AET), she collaborates with the Children’s School of Irvine and has been in private practice working with students with behavioral and learning differences for the last 22 years.  She has three daughters that range from elementary school-aged to college, and she loves spending as much time as she can with her husband and girls. She also volunteers as the creative director of a non-profit children's theatre group in South Orange County where she orchestrates one large-scale production per year with approximately 100 elementary students.

What I Love About MD
The community of people and camaraderie at MD is like no other.  I am grateful to be surrounded by so many wonderful faculty who embody honor, glory, and love.

Other experience: Katrina has worked and trained extensively in the study and treatment of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders at UC Irvine.  Her experience ranges from coordination of clinical trials to working in a day treatment setting as a certified behavior specialist, social skills counselor, teacher, and reading specialist.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – UC Irvine; Certification in Educational Therapy – UC Riverside, 

At MD since: 2019

Teaching since: 1999