Dr. Jeannine completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), and remained on staff there for many years. She was the leader of the Eating Concerns Team, which was charged with treating students with eating concerns and disorders across Penn’s campus. As a Latina psychologist, underrepresented in the field of eating disorders and psychology, she proudly led the team in creating radically more inclusive programming and services. She served as a support to multiple marginalized communities on campus, including the Latine community, BBIPOC students, and First Generation Low Income Students, and she was often requested to present at conferences and trainings within the Penn community and beyond.

She previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), where she taught about social change and social justice movements in the Racism Sequence for MSW students. She was awarded the “Excellence in Teaching Award” at Penn SP2 in 2023. Dr. Jeannine also has experience doing asylum and other immigration evaluations, locally and at the border, and has served as a volunteer psychologist in the Physicians for Human Rights Asylum Network.

She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice organization based in California. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Alejandre Foundation, the 501c3 of Latinx Therapy, which offers therapy scholarships to individuals in the Latine community who cannot otherwise afford therapy.