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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University, where I direct the Child Language Lab. I received my PhD in Psychology from Stanford University and then conducted a T32 post-doctoral fellowship in primary care research and translational science in the Pediatrics Department at NYU. My work focuses on understanding how early experiences shape the development of language and learning skills in diverse groups of children, with a focus on dual language learners. Using measures of infants' early processing abilities, recordings of natural learning environments, and evaluation of real-world interventions, I seek to uncover key influences on development. An important goal of this work is to contribute to building a more robust evidence base for understanding typical and atypical language development across diverse contexts and populations, and to work with communities, educators, clinicians, and policymakers to reduce inequities in children's developmental trajectories.