Da Vinci Schools
Vanessa Paravati, AMFT, APCC, is an advanced doctoral trainee at the Brain Wellness Institute starting July 2024, specializing in neuropsychological assessment and outpatient psychotherapy. Currently serving as a doctoral therapist at Da Vinci Schools, Vanessa is gaining experience in school-based psychotherapy. With a strong foundation in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University, where additional roles include clinical research assistant, student ambassador, and peer mentor, Vanessa has also been an active member and president of Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization. Previous experience encompasses roles as a crisis clinician and marriage and family therapist trainee at Seneca Family of Agencies, and involvement at UCSF Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology Laboratory as a research assistant. Vanessa holds a B.A. in Psychology, along with minors in Economics and English, from the University of Arizona.
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Da Vinci Schools
Da Vinci Schools is a TK-College public charter school network located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Da Vinci Schools are dedicated to preparing students for college completion and 21st century jobs through an interdisciplinary project-based, real-world curriculum. Ninety-eight (98%) of Da Vinci graduates have successfully completed the A-G subject requirements for admission to a University of California or Cal State campus (a rate 51% higher than the State Average). Da Vinci graduates have been accepted to every UC and CSU, and to Stanford, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Purdue, USC, LMU, and many other prestigious private and public universities across the nation. Da Vinci signature programs and practices include: project-based, real-world learning; career pathways: a small and personalized learning environment where every student is known, seen and valued; strategic public-private partnerships with many innovative industry, higher-ed, and nonprofit leaders; an Internship and Work Experience Program in which high school students gain on-the-job, work experience; and an Early College Program in which students take college classes for credit (at no cost to families) while they simultaneously earn their high school diploma. Dr. David Brown, the former executive director of the WASC Accrediting Commission, said "Da Vinci Schools are among the very finest I've seen." Former CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, said "Da Vinci Schools should be a model for other public schools in the state." The Los Angeles Times reported that Da Vinci Schools offer a teaching model that would make Leonardo da Vinci proud.