“I have had an extraordinary experience working in the field of ABA. I love my team and the amazing kids we have the opportunity to work with daily.”
Heather is AST’s clinical director for the San Diego area. She was introduced to the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. There, she was a research assistant in one of the doctoral student’s labs, took courses in ABA, and had the opportunity to apply these concepts by working as a line therapist with children diagnosed with autism. After moving to California, she got her master’s in applied behavior analysis at the Chicago School-LA. She began her career with AST as a behavior interventionist in 2008 and held a number of positions before becoming a clinical director.