Dr. Andrade brings extensive experience supporting Hispanic children and families across child care centers, family child care homes, schools, outpatient programs, and home-based counseling. She also supports the early childhood education workforce through professional development, reflective consultation, and bilingual programming. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work and a PhD in Family Studies and Human Development and has fulfilled the requirements for endorsement by the New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health.
Her professional preparation includes Applied, Advanced, and Intensive Fellowships in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health; Circle of Security; Pyramid Model; Brazelton; Expert DIRFloortime Training Leader; Self-Reg Foundations and Facilitator certification; Brain Story; the 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families; and Trauma-Sensitive Certification.
Her work emphasizes culturally responsive, relationship-based practices that strengthen educators’ and caregivers’ capacity to nurture young children’s social-emotional development.