Alyssa Aguirre serves as the Assistant Director of Dementia Care Transformation for The University of Texas Dell Medical School Department of Neurology and is an Assistant Professor of Practice at the UT Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She has been a clinician-researcher for 15 years; her mission is to improve the quality of life of older adults living with dementia and their family caregivers through clinical practice, education, research and community collaborations. She proudly serves as the Chair for the Board of Director’s at the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.