Shay-Lee Perez holds a doctoral degree from Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University in Clinical Psychology and her undergraduate degree from Barnard College. She is a licensed bilingual (Spanish) Clinical Psychologist in New York and California. As a clinical psychologist, she works with adults, adolescents, children and families who are seeking assistance with mental health wellness. Her specialties are in the areas of early childhood mental health, perinatal care, trauma, childhood developmental delays, parenting and parent-child relationship concerns, adolescent issues, depression and anxiety.

Additionally, Shay-Lee is a consultant to schools and churches in the New York City area, and specializes in providing reflective supervision/consultation to clinicians and systems providing integrated behavioral health in pediatric settings. Shay-Lee has worked at both state and national levels providing technical assistance for clinic systems seeking to provide preventive integrated behavioral healthcare and integrating trauma informed, culturally sensitive approaches to their patient care.