Dr. Michael Valdovinos was born and raised in Sonoma County, California. A United States Air Force veteran, he is a board-certified clinical psychologist through the American Board of Professional Psychology in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology and is licensed in both California and New York. He earned degrees in Psychology and Chicano Studies from the University of California, Davis, and went on to receive his master’s and doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.