Our school psychologists have been a huge asset to our Student Support team and have done an amazing job throughout distance learning.
Jenny Palacios
Jenny was born and raised in Orange County but moved to Los Angeles at age 18 when she started college at USC. After that, she attended grad school at Pepperdine to pursue an MA in clinical psychology and later went to Alliant to pursue an MA in school psychology. I guess you can say she really loves psychology! ????
Jenny’s hobbies include baking, yoga, traveling, and shopping. Her goal is to travel outside the country once a year. Shopping is borderline a vice. She also loves organizing her house. She is a very neat and tidy person!
Jenny now lives in Long Beach with her boyfriend and their precious corgi. They love spending time together and going to eat whenever possible. They also love lazy weekends on the couch eating junk food and watching Netflix.
Misty Cervantes
Misty was born and raised in Southern California. She has been working in special education for 20 years. Prior to becoming a school psychologist, she taught fourth grade. She lives in Santa Clarita with her husband and two teenagers. They have two dogs: a yellow labrador and a terrier mix they adopted from the shelter. She enjoys going to the beach, camping, and riding her dirt bike.
Chris Jones
Chris Jones is a licensed educational psychologist and a nationally certified school psychologist who has been practicing for 24 years. He specializes in working with learners who have autism, ADHD, anxiety and other disorders that impact socialization and learning. Chris and his wife, Wendy, moved to the Santa Clarita Valley in 2000 where they have lived and raised two fantastic children. They enjoy spending time with family and friends and are huge Dodgers and Chargers fans!
Chris was recognized by the California Association of school psychologists in 2005 with the CASP Outstanding School Psychologist award and in 2019 with the Suzanne Fisher Leadership award. He sits on the CASP Board of Directors as the LEP Committee Chair and was appointed to the Board of Behavioral Sciences as the LEP Member by Governor Gavin Newsom in July of 2020.
Jaime Clements
Jaime Clements has been serving learners and their families for 17 years as a psychologist, of which the last five have been with iLEAD. Jaime truly finds joy in working with iLEAD’s team of professionals to support the needs of our learners. Jaime and her husband have two children, a daughter (age nine) and a son (age eight), who she will tell you are her greatest teachers (and challenges).