Maya has charted a clinical research career exploring mechanisms that underlie trauma/PTSD and substance use. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Boston University, Maya worked at McLean Hospital where she was responsible for multiple neuroimaging studies focused on substance use. Maya then earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston, after completing a predoctoral internship specializing in addictive behaviors at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Bedford, MA. Throughout her clinical training, Maya has worked in unique settings including the Houston Fire Department, the McLean Hospital LEADER (Law Enforcement, Active Duty, Emergency Responder) Program, and multiple VA residential programs for substance use. She has experience treating substance use and trauma-related disorders using evidence-based protocols (i.e., ACT, CPT, CBT-SUD). Most recently, Maya worked as an Interprofessional Advanced Addictions Fellow within the VA Boston Healthcare System before joining Home Base as a Research Scientist Fellow.