Lina Acosta Sandaal, MA, program director of The Nest in Miami began her career at Vista del Mar in Los Angeles. There, she developed expertise in child and adolescent development and infant and early childhood mental health, while strengthening her resolve to support families in crisis.  She has trained and participated in research studies with Yale’s Minding the Baby, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Child Trauma Research Program.  She brings this expertise to her work as program director of The Nest.