Katie has been in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis for 8 years and has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since July of 2020. She is originally from Ireland and received her Masters in ABA from Trinity College, Dublin in 2018 before moving stateside. Prior to working in Illinois, Katie spent almost 6 years working in Massachusetts with individuals with autism aged 2-22 across a variety of settings, including in-home, special education schools, and dedicated ABA-based residences. Katie is passionate about providing individuals with autism the tools that promote independence, with her main clinical interests involving functional communication and behavior reduction programming. At Rise Up, Katie is the clinical supervisor dedicated to providing quality services to our clients in the Chicago center.