I am honored to be a part of the Run for Autism team for the NYC marathon 2025. As a school psychologist, I believe in the power of research and funding research. Also as a school psychologist, I work with children with disabilities, one of which is autism. I find working with children who have autism one that is challenging - not because of their disability label, but because I am limited in understanding their worldviews, what they experience, and how they think and feel. I find humility every day working with children with disabilities and because of that, I think that they have changed my life for the better. Join me in supporting autism research.

Please help me support by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance Organization for Autism Research's great cause! 


WHY RUN FOR AUTISM?
1 in 36 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism. By joining the RUN FOR AUTISM team, you’re supporting OAR’s mission to fund research and resources that help people with autism and their families today.


Here are some of the ways that OAR uses the funds raised by the RUN FOR AUTISM team:

$10 provides a Curriculum in a Box professional development set to general education teachers.
$25 provides 15 copies of A Guide to Safety to families and first responders.
$100 provides the Kit for Kids peer education resource to an entire elementary or middle school.
$150 provides 100 copies of a Life Journey through Autism guidebook sent to a community support group or military installation.
$1,000 provides a research grant for a graduate student studying autism.
$3,000 provides a scholarship for a student with autism to attend college.
$50,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.