Hi, I’m Hazzauna Underwood, PMHNP-ARNP — a psychiatric nurse practitioner with a deeply personal mission to redefine what mental health support can look like for children, teens, and their families.

Before entering psychiatry, I spent nearly two decades saving lives as an emergency and critical care nurse. My first academic foundation is in Human Development and Child Psychology, which has been the thread through all my work — from the ER to community-based geriatric psychiatry, and now into proactive, functional, and family-centered mental health care.

As a parent of neurodivergent children, I know how overwhelming it can feel trying to get answers, find support, and advocate for your child in a system that often waits until things fall apart. That experience led me to this exact moment: creating a space where families are heard, empowered, and guided — not just treated.