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Ashley de Marchena

Assistant professor
University of the Sciences

Ashley de Marchena is assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on communication skills and related behaviors in autism.

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