Drina Fried, EdD

Psychologist | Lead Manager

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1954

Wins a newspaper art contest and takes her first art workshop at the Albright-Knox Museum of Art in Buffalo, NY at the age of 10.

1963

Earns an Associate of Arts in dental hygiene from Erie Community College; Works as a dental hygienist until 1966.

1966

Achieves a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo; Is a welfare social worker.

1967

Is an elementary school teacher with Buffalo Public Schools.

1970

Earns a Master’s degree in guidance counseling from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

1971

Is a counselor and psychometrist in the Office of Psychoendocrinology at the Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, NY.

1972

Is a psychologist with the Webster School District K-12 until 1975.

1976

Is a psychologist with the Bakersfield City School District K-8 until 1980.

1980

Is a school psychologist for the Kern High School District until 2005; Serves as president of the Kern Association of School Psychologists.

1980

Is a marriage family therapist and licensed educational psychologist in private practice in Bakersfield, CA until 2008.

1983

Obtains a Doctor of Education in educational and counseling psychology from the University of the Pacific.

2004

Focuses on an artistic career in visual arts, including mixed media, watermedia and collages, and continues to partake in art shows nationwide.

2005

Is the lead psychologist for the Kern High School District and a part-time school psychologist with the Beardsley School District K-8.

2005

Is named School Psychologist of the Year, presented by the Kern Association of School Psychologists.

2006

Is a part-time school psychologist K-8 in Fairfax and Arvin, CA.

2009

Wins “Best of Show” for “Red Couch” at the 29th annual “Celebrating Life” Charleston Heights Art Center in Las Vegas, NV.

2015

Obtains the rights to all of Taylor Caldwell’s works, forming the Descendants of Taylor Caldwell, LLC and continues to serve as lead manager.

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