Hansee graduated with a M.A in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. While at Columbia, she worked at the Developmental Affective Neuroscience lab under the direction of Dr. Nim Tottenham studying the lasting effects of early adverse experiences on emotion and brain development. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked as a behavior therapist for children on the autism spectrum working with client specific treatment protocols that cater to each child’s intellectual and social capacities. At the ASD and Developmental Science Lab, Hansee primarily works as an interventionist/researcher on the SPROUT study focused on validating new language and social communication based outcome measures over the course of a JASPER intervention program. In the future, Hansee plans to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.