Monika Jones JD, CNP

Monika Jones is a Founder of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance. Ms. Jones is the principal investigator of the Global Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Registry – the first registry to track functional outcomes after epilepsy surgery. She was the project lead for the innovative meeting Functional Outcomes After Large Resective and Disconnective Epilepsy Surgeries: Identifying Gaps and Setting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Priorities funded in large part by an almost $50,000 Eugene Washington Engagement Award from the Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute. In 2014, she was the principal investigator of the scientific workshop on brain plasticity, hemispheric specialization, and neurorehabilitation after cerebral hemispherectomy, funded by an R13 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

She is a graduate University of California at Los Angeles and received her juris doctorate from the University of Southern California. Although no longer practicing law, Monika was recently elected to the board of directors of the Council of Parent and Attorney Advocates, the only national organization for parents and attorneys who represent children with special education needs. There, she serves as co-chair of the Parent Committee. She is a founding board member of the Watkins VITAL Care Program, an innovative new program that offers an educational environment for adults with moderate-to-severe autism who have aged out of the school system. She has served on the board of Portals, one of the oldest and largest mental health organizations in Los Angeles which offers mental health services in Central and South Los Angeles.

She is a graduate University of California at Los Angeles and received her juris doctorate from the University of Southern California. Although no longer practicing law, Monika was recently elected to the board of directors of the Council of Parent and Attorney Advocates, the only national organization for parents and attorneys who represent children with special education needs. There, she serves as co-chair of the Parent Committee. She is a founding board member of the Watkins VITAL Care Program, an innovative new program that offers an educational environment for adults with moderate-to-severe autism who have aged out of the school system. She has served on the board of Portals, one of the oldest and largest mental health organizations in Los Angeles which offers mental health services in Central and South Los Angeles.