Kelli was born and raised in the Bay Area. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from SCU and went on to Azusa Pacific University where she earned her M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in their Behavioral Pediatrics Department and went on to complete her postdoc fellowship at Kaiser Permanente’s Child Psychiatry department. She is currently a licensed clinical psychologist. She enjoys working with young children and helping support families through significant life transitions.
Kelli has taught in the CPSY program at SCU since 2017. She teaches CPSY 200, 216, 275, 276, 318, and 328.
In her free time, Kelli enjoys traveling, seeing friends and family, and going to San Francisco Giant’s games with her husband and young daughter.