Juliette Lerner is a third-year doctoral student in the UCLA Human Development and Psychology PhD program and a graduate student researcher in the Lord Lab within the Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART). She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in disability studies from UCLA in 2021 and has years of experience working with autistic and neurodiverse populations within various community, clinical, and research settings, including as an extern in the Lord Autism Clinic and Youth Stress and Mood Program (YSAM); clinic coordinator and behavioral coach at the UCLA PEERS Clinic; research assistant within the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety and Tic Disorders Clinic; and a tailored services mentor to autistic individuals within the Regional Center service provider IGNITE Collective, Inc. As an extern in the Lord Clinic, she conducts neuropsychological assessments and provides treatment across the lifespan to autistic children and adults. Within YSAM, she provides evidence-based interventions for suicide prevention to teens and young adults and recruits participants for an associated PCORI-funded RCT through the UCLA emergency department. As a clinic coordinator for the UCLA PEERS Clinic, she managed aspects of the PEERS for Young Adults, PEERS forAdolescents, and PEERS for Preschoolers social skills interventions, and served as the research coordinator for the UCLA College to Career randomized controlled trial. Juliette’s research interests include exploring cognitive decline in older age autistic adults with co-occurring intellectual disability, as well as the impact of family, caregivers, and social structures on the social-emotional development of autistic youth and adult populations.