Dr. Maupin currently works as a school psychologist in southern California where he provides Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) and maintains a regular assessment and counseling caseload. He has played an integral role in the support and development of programs and services for students with social, emotional, and behavioral needs. Over the past four years Zack completed his PhD in education, emphasis in school psychology, at Chapman University. Zack’s research, much like his teaching and focus as a practitioner, was born out of a passion to support students with mental health struggles to ensure their success and access to equitable opportunities.

Erin has nearly 20 years of experience as a school psychologist. She has been working with preschool-aged students and their families for most of those years. For the last 8 years, she has been both the Program Specialist, as well as a School Psychologist, for her district’s preschool program. She loves the opportunities to work closely with both parents and students at the preschool level. Being the first experience that families have with school-based special education services is a great opportunity to start off on the right foot!

Michelle Valdivieso has been a practicing school psychologist for nearly 20 years. She worked for 12 years in a district at all age levels spanning from preschool all the way to post-secondary and currently works a K – 8th grade school district, with a large demographic of English Language Learners and low socio-economic status. Within the district she has a dual role. She provides traditional psychological services to one elementary school site that includes assessments for special education, consultation/ collaboration, and direct pupil services and is also the district-wide Social- Emotional/Behavior Specialist where she supports staff and students through our Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) process as a Tier 3 intervention consultant for all general education programs.