Dr. Rassti is a licensed forensic psychologist with over a decade of specialized experience and more than 1,500 court-ordered evaluations completed. She has testified in over 400 Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) and Superior Court proceedings throughout California, translating complex clinical findings into clear, decision-relevant opinions. Her forensic work centers on competency to stand trial, restoration of sanity/NGI, Mentally Disordered Offender (PC 2962/2972) matters, mental health diversion (§1001.36), juvenile transfer, Franklin-related resentencing evaluations, and structured violence/sexual-offense risk assessment using tools such as HCR-20 V3, PCL-R, and STATIC-99R. She previously served as a forensic psychologist with the California Department of State Hospitals–Atascadero (DSH-A), conducting high-acuity evaluations and providing frequent expert testimony.

Dr. Rassti is POST-certified and conducts pre-employment psychological evaluations for police and first-responder roles, second-opinion pre-employment evaluations, and fitness-for-duty examinations. Her background also includes critical-incident debriefing and psychoeducational training for law-enforcement departments on resilience, stress, and threat-assessment fundamentals.

Dr. Rassti serves as Adjunct Faculty at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, Colorado State University, and Stanford University School of Medicine. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels and has provided supervision in forensic assessment and testimony skills. She coordinated the forensic rotation for the APA-accredited predoctoral psychology internship at DSH-A and the forensic fellowship training between DSH-A and Stanford University. She has also contributed to examination standards as an item writer for the EPPP-2 (ASPPB) and has contributed selected item content for the CPLEE.Dr. Rassti is a member of the American Psychology–Law Society (APA Division 41) and Psychologists in Public Service (APA Division 18).