Desirée earned both her Bachelor’s degree in Education and Child Study and her Master’s degree in Education of the Deaf from Smith College. She completed her doctoral studies at University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Special Education with a focus on Early Intervention.
Desirée Lalbeharie’s career includes working with young children, with and without developmental delays or special needs, and their families; early intervention clinical and management roles; college level teaching; professional development teaching; and facilitating community partnerships. Organizational health/climate, proposal development, strengthening community partnerships, strategic planning and fiscal management are key functions of her more recent 10 years. Her career has been dedicated to the field of early childhood development and education in the context of family, social-justice and public health issues to promote equity, access and wellbeing.