Polly earned her bachelors and master’s degrees in social work at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, completing the program in 2000. She then worked in Brooklyn, NY in the areas of adoption, substance abuse and special education preschool. Her next years were spent on the Big Island of Hawaii where she worked in school based behavioral health. She returned to her native home and family in Missoula in 2006 and has worked for Community Medical Center since 2011. Polly has been certified as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2006, and specializes in children with special healthcare needs, autism, parenting and family dynamics. At the pediatric specialty clinic she participates on various teams specializing in cleft palate, development/autism, gender care, palliative care, rehabilitation and diabetes management.   She is available to provide individual or family therapy for children and adults.

In her free time Polly enjoys traveling, cooking, hiking and general adventuring with her husband, twin sons and daughter.