Dr. Kyoko Yoshida Tavassoli is an academic associate in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. She earned her master's degree in social welfare studies from Sophia University in Japan, and MSW and Ph.D. in Social Work from Arizona State University. She has extensive social work practice and teaching experience in the U.S. and Japan. She started her social work career with international social work, advocating for survivors of international human trafficking, forced prostitution, and domestic violence against immigrant women. After moving to the U.S. in 2001, she completed the two-year infant/family clinical practice certificate program through the Harris Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute, and she has dedicated herself to promote infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) and early intervention ever since. Kyoko enjoys living in the beautiful Arizona desert with her new family member Mini Aussie puppy Maple.