Julie works with community-based organizations providing support and training as they enter the ACEs Aware-funded ACEs-LA Network of Care, a collaborative effort between LA County stakeholders, DHS, and the state to build community resilience. Julie spent the past few years working at the Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) where she was instrumental in providing COVID-19 vaccine outreach to the most vulnerable populations in the Pasadena area. Prior to her work at PPHD she spent more than 18 years working closely with families and children on the Autism spectrum. She provided direct Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) training, IEP advocacy and other Autism-related services to students and families. Julie has also worked on Autism-related studies in the San Francisco Bay area, funded by the Environmental Investigations Branch of the California Department of Public Health and the National Institute of Mental Health. Julie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at California State University Long Beach.