Bio

Nona attended the University of Central Florida where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and later earned a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from the Florida Institute of Technology. She has been a Board Certified Behavior Analyst since 2005.

Nona's experience ranges from providing early intervention services to children as young as 18 months to working with adults with developmental disabilities. She has worked with individuals in clinics, homes, and schools to teach appropriate communication, social skills, self-care skills, and listener responding, while reducing problem behaviors. Additionally, Nona has supervised professionals in the field, provided consultative services for clinics and job placement programs, and conducted research in the areas of schedules or reinforcement, signaled extinction, and writing as an alternative topography for verbal behavior. She has held Program Director positions for early intervention programs and currently serves as a District Behavior Analyst for the public school system. Nona has been an instructor for the ABA online program since 2021.