Haylie DeMercy is a third year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program at Loma Linda University. Prior to graduate school, Haylie received her B.A. in psychology from Utah State University. Haylie’s research is focused on investigating the utility and quality of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for cognitive impairment in aging individuals or in clinical populations with neurodegenerative disorders. Haylie is very passionate about increasing the accessibility and quality of mental health care for these populations. Thus, her clinical interests involve serving older adult populations and American Veterans through the U.S. Veterans Administration in the forms of therapy and neuropsychological assessment