Staff & Board

Dr. Lengua is CCFW's founding director and an internationally recognized expert on children’s vulnerable and resilient responses to stress, how parenting and children’s temperament contribute to those responses, and the impact of adversity on parenting and children’s social-emotional development.

Dr. King directs the RADLab (Regulation and Affect across Development Lab). The RADLab team studies how teens and young adults regulate their impulses and emotions, with a focus on how that regulation influences health risk behaviors like alcohol, marijuana use, binge eating, and suicidal behaviors.

Dr. Katz research focuses on children’s social and emotional development in the context of family relationships, including marital conflict, domestic violence, and parent’s use of emotion coaching,

Robyn leads CCFW’s community partnerships, program development and evaluation, and trainings for professionals and families.

Marcellina oversees all of CCFW’s programming and events, public relations, and advancement efforts.

Dr. Thompson is a researcher in the areas of maternal mental health, parenting, and children’s neurophysiological and behavioral adjustment. She teaches graduate students on the accurate diagnosis of childhood disorders and the development of children’s social and emotional well-being.

Becca collaborates with CCFW staff and community partners to develop, conduct and evaluate mindfulness and compassion-based programs with a primary focus on supporting families in the perinatal period.

Shayla designs and leads CCFW mindfulness and compassion programs for providers working with children and youth. She also supports the implementation of mindfulness-based programs for parents.

Aliza coordinates administrative processes for CCFW's public programming and events.

Angelica is a facilitator for CCFW’s professional and parent well-being training programs and oversees program development and delivery in Spanish.