Rona Shalev earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, and her PsyD in School-Clinical Child Psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. She is a certified school psychologist and a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State. Both as an educator and counselor, she has worked in several independent schools in New York City, as well as in public and private general and special education settings. She taught a course in psychological assessment at the graduate level for a number of years as well. Dr. Shalev joined the Chapin Professional Community in 2014.