Poet, author, and executive director of Kundiman
Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
Licensed marriage and family therapist and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty trainer
Licensed clinical social worker and NARM master therapist, consultant, and faculty member
Mixed-media documentarian, journalist, and educator
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times
“Ask Polly” advice columnist on Substack, essayist, and author
Author and Clinical Professor of Fiction at New York University
Assistant Public Defender, Cook County Public Defender’s Office, and adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law