Family Law, including:
- High-Conflict Custody and Visitation
- Divorce
- Paternity
- Termination/Adoption
- Child Welfare
- Mediation
- Texas, 2003
- University of Houston-Downtown (Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, 1997)
- Texas Southern University – Thurgood Marshall School of Law (J.D., 2002)
- Basic Mediation Training at A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute (2006)
- Advance Training, Divorce & Child Custody, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute (2006)
- Domestic Violence for Advance Family Training for Mediation at Manousso Mediation (2018)
- Houston Family Law Trial Institute at South Texas College of Law (Participant, 2019)
- Author and Presenter: “Strategies for Being an Effective Amicus Attorney,” HBA Family Law Section (2010)
- Presenter: “Who to Report Abuse To” with panelist Hon. Judge Judith Warne, HBA Family Law Section (2012)
- Presenter: “Working with Your Coach: Attorneys and Guardians Ad Litem, CASAs, and Friends of the Court” with panelist Hon. Judith Warne, Texas Center for the Judiciary (2012)
- Moderator: 27th Annual Family Law Conference for Law from Outside the Loop: Tips from Court Coordinators in Surrounding Counties, South Texas College of Law (2013)
- Presenter: “What an Amicus Attorney Should Do and Not Do,” Galveston County Bar Association Annual Ad Litem Seminar (2013)
- Presenter & Moderator: “A Day in the life of an Amicus-Texas Family Code 107,” Brazoria County 1st Annual Ad Litem/Amicus Seminar (2016)
- Presenter: “Prepare and Present Temporary Orders,” Family Law Essentials: McAllen-Giving Back to Your Community (2017)
- Presenter: “The Amicus Attorney in Hearings, Mediation, Depositions and Trial,” Galveston County Bar Association Bi-Annual Ad Litem/Amicus Seminar (2017)
- Co-Presenter with Dr. Mary Alvarez, PhD: “How to Argue Against False Allegations and Child Alienation,” 2nd Annual Ad Litem/Amicus Seminar (2017)
- Co-Presenter with Charlotte D. Rainwater: “The Young and the Restless: Drafting, Negotiating, and Litigating Pre-Schooler and Teenager Issues,” 41st Annual Marriage Dissolution Institute (2018)
- Presenter with Wendy S. Burgower, Lynn Kamin, and Barbara Nunneley: “The Amicus Attorney: Friend or Foe,” Marriage Dissolution (2019)
- Presenter with Hon. Julia Maldonado, Silvia Mintz, Francie Aguirre, Damaris Aguirre, Damaris Chavez and Laura Arteaga: “Taller Sobre Casos de Menores Bajo Custodia Del Departamento De Proteccion Al Menor (CPS) en Texas,” Consulate of Guatemala in Houston (2021)
- State Bar of Texas – Family Law Section
- Houston Bar Association-Family Law Section, Member of the Board of Directors (2019-Present)
- Galveston County Bar Association
- Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families Education Committee Member (2010-2012)
- Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court (Former Co-Team Leader, 2020-2021)
- LegalLine (Houston Bar Association)