Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist with nearly two decades of experience working with families and the health care providers who care for them. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The 5 Pprinciples of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans, and the host of the award-winning podcast Raising Good Humans.

She began the Raising Good Humans Podcast to directly translate the latest child development research to parents. Without having to sift through journals or endless parenting books, Dr. Aliza is empowering parents with the knowledge they need to make choices for their families. She’s bringing her expertise and background to listeners every week and starting a new community around evidence-based parenting practices.

Pressman is the co-founding director of The Mount Sinai Parenting Center and is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Teacher’s College, and Columbia University. Dr. Pressman is the mother of two teenagers and stepmother to two more.