Allison S. Drake is currently a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the combined counseling psychology and school psychology PhD program with a concentration in counseling psychology. As a doctoral student, she has pursued meaningful clinical experiences in college counseling, and forensic, outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation hospital settings. Research has also been an integral part of her academic and professional careers. Her long-term career goal is to work as a clinician as part of an interdisciplinary team in either an outpatient clinical, hospital or VA setting where she can practice, engage in research, offer supervision and remain active in assessment. In addition to maintaining a number of professional memberships, she is an active member of the Albright Knox Art Gallery's Convergence Council, a board member of ARMS (Advancing Research in MS), and holds a leadership position on the GSE Committee for Social Justice and Inclusion (CSJI).