Meet the Team

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Vanessa is a devoted clinician with over 10 years working in the field of ABA. She holds a degree in Neuroscience from UCLA and her Masters degree in Behavior Analysis from Florida Institute of Technology. Her earlier experience was working with teenagers and adults addressing high intensity behaviors. She has since expanded her clinical repertoire to include younger children with a focus on caregiver support. She has originated Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion special interest groups for more culturally inclusive care for clients and staff management. She's been a guest lecturer at local universities and staff trainer for various school districts in the Los Angeles area. She continues to work with a non-profit that aims to prevent hospitalizations and decrease police involvement for special needs individuals by consulting with their prevention, intervention, and follow-up teams.
Outside of work, you'll find her biking on the beach, snowboarding on a mountain, or at a Dodgers game. She is a dedicated dog mom and tia (aunt) to several nieces, nephews, and furbabies.

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 Native of Southern California and graduate from UCLA. Alyssa has a background in Operations Management and Human Resources. In 2009, her son was diagnosed with Developmental Delay and later Autism. She has dedicated the past 11 years of her life to overseeing her son’s needs through Early Intervention, IEPs, ABA Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Physical Therapy. As a parent, she is in a unique position to handle client needs, being she was there herself not too long ago.  On her time off, Alyssa enjoys traveling, hunting for vintage treasure and researching family genealogy.

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Melissa has worked with children, teens and adults for nearly 15 years, 10 of which providing compassionate ABA-based therapies. Melissa received her Master's degree in Professional Behavior Analysis in 2016 from Florida State University. Across her career, she held nearly every role in the ABA field, from Behavior Technician and Clinical Intern to Clinical Director and Regional Director. Melissa led initiatives for summer/winter camps, social skills groups, and telehealth-based social hours in addition to creating community-support workshops and running parent support groups. She has a vast background working with many ages, diagnoses, and cultures across California. Melissa takes pride in offering personalized, collaborative care with a focus on patient independence and dignity. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-baird-m-a-bcba-15574b1a2/

 Nancy Rodriguez received her masters of science at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has been in the field of ABA for 14 years working with a variety of individuals. Starting as a behavior technician, Nancy found the field of ABA to be her passion and continued on to become a parent trainer and later, a clinical supervisor. Nancy's goal as a clinical supervisor is to bring each family and client a sense of independence, and to be heard and seen for what their individual needs are. When Nancy is not working you can find her competing in movie trivia, watching the Raiders, and co-hosting movie review podcasts with her friends.

 From a young age, Jenna knew she wanted to work with individuals with disabilities. In 2005, at the age of 15, the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA) fell into her lap. Originally, Jenna declined a job offer as a behavior technician but was eventually persuaded to join the behavioral team of a young boy for whom she babysat. By the end of her first week, Jenna declared that ABA would be her life’s work. Following high school, Jenna expanded her work experiences while earning a BA in psychology at the University of Connecticut. Jenna went on to earn her MS in Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism from Russell Sage College and that same year passed the board exam completing her dream of becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Jenna passionately provides behavioral services for the purpose of increasing skill acquisition and decreasing behavioral difficulties. She does this by keeping up with current research, individualizing programs, and thinking outside the box. When Jenna is not working you will find her photographing live music events, lounging on the beach, attempting to solve true crime cold cases, and snuggling with her eyeless cat, Stevie.