I completed my PhD in Clinical Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis under the mentorship of Dr. Deanna Barch. At this time, I began developing a research program examining factors that contribute to reduced motivation in those with psychotic disorders using experimental tasks, functional neuroimaging, and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) techniques. Following my PhD, I obtained a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine under the mentorship of Drs. James Waltz and James Gold. Here, I continued to examine cognitive and affective deficits of psychotic disorders. In 2021, I transitioned to a faculty position at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.