Meet the HDCC Team
Our Healthy Development Community Clinic (HDCC) team is an interprofessional collaboration between faculty and students from the programs of Child and Adolescent Development, Speech-Language Pathology, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Faculty Co-Founders
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Dr. Cara Maffini is an Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Development with
expertise in counseling psychology, trauma-informed care, and culturally-responsive
approaches to healing and healthy development.
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Dr. Matthew Capriotti is an Associate Professor of Psychology and licensed clinical
psychologist with expertise in the assessment and treatment of mental health and behavioral
health challenges in youth.
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Dr. Nidhi Mahendra is a Professor and a certified bilingual speech-language pathologist
with expertise in cognitive-communication disorders, clinical program development,
bilingualism, and health disparities.
Student Assistants
Our student assistants have academic, fieldwork, and professional experience in child and adolescent development, communicative disorders and sciences, and psychology.
Elizabeth Carrasco - Nieto
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Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Liliana Sanchez Coronado
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Graduate Student, Communicative Disorders & Sciences
Cheyenne Grant
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Graduate Student, Child and Adolescent Development
Krist Ryono
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Graduate Student, Child and Adolescent Development
Alina Aupatham
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Undergraduate Student Assistant, Major: Psychology, Minor: Forensic Studies
Arianna DeRosa
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Undergraduate Student, Major: Psychology, Minors: Child and Adolescent Development & Atypical Child Studies
Tiffany Nguyen
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Undergraduate Student, Major: Child and Adolescent Development
