Dr. White completed her bachelor’s in psychology at Syracuse University and her master’s in school psychology at St. John’s University. She then spent two years working as a research assistant at the University of Rochester on their Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment (STAART) grant before pursuing her doctorate in school psychology from University at Albany, State University of New York. Dr. White completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD), focusing on early identification of autism. Additionally, Dr. White completed a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellowship while at Vanderbilt.

Before joining Marcus Autism Center, Dr. White was an Assistant Professor at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW), where she held administrative titles of head of psychology and co-clinical director in the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (CADD). She also served as an affiliate faculty member in the clinical psychology doctoral program at UTSW, where she taught courses in developmental psychology and developmental disabilities, and supervised practicum and internship students during their rotations. In addition to her clinical and administrative duties, Dr. White collaborated on several studies investigating motor and sensory abnormalities in children with autism and their families, as well as individuals with fragile X syndrome. Additionally, she was lead clinician on studies investigating the natural history and biomarker development in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome.