Catherine Robertson got her BA, MA and PhD from Northwestern University; her graduate degrees are in Communication and Performance Studies. She founded DC Peers with her daughter in 2016, after 25 years as an educator, researcher, writer, nonprofit consultant, student and teacher of communication and performance. All of that experience has contributed to the vision and the culture of DC Peers.

Catherine is the only non-medical Certified Provider in the DC Metro area of the PEERS Curriculum from UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She also teaches about neurodiversity as an occasional adjunct faculty member at American University.