Laura Greiss Hess, PhD, OTR/L, is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the Dominican University of California. She began her career as a special education teacher in 1992 and became a school-based occupational therapist in 1998. Under Randi Hagerman’s mentorship, she worked at the UC Davis MIND Institute for 12 years on the FXS team. Laura’s research and practice interests include neurodevelopmental disorders such as Fragile X syndrome and autism, examining intervention outcomes as measured in daily life contexts with schools and families, interdisciplinary team collaboration, sensory processing, and assistive technology applications.