Sandra Gomez (she/her/ella) was born in Illinois with strong ties to Durango, Mexico where she spent much of her upbringing with familia. She is a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology with a Spanish bilingual concentration at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Cornell College and her M.Ed in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Rooted in social justice efforts and collective healing, she specializes in ethnic identity development, acculturative experiences, migration, and educational /career trajectories of Latinx immigrants and their children. Sandra is also passionate about providing culturally responsive and accessible Spanish bilingual and bicultural services to Latinx populations. Specifically, Sandra is invested in working with Latinx families from an interdisciplinary framework to address various needs and bolster their strengths.

Barbara Bailey is a clinical psychology doctoral student at the University of South Dakota. Her research focuses on the application of trauma-informed care in the context of interpersonal violence and sexual assault agencies. She has trained at a neurodevelopmental clinic providing cognitive assessments as well as an outpatient Autism Spectrum Disorder clinic where she participated in screenings and evaluations for diagnosis. In addition, she provides individual therapy to patients with intellectual disabilities at a residential facility. Barbara’s clinical interests include working with children and adolescents, rural or low resource areas, indigenous populations, and Latinx populations.

Ori Gutin is a therapist from the United States. He graduated with a master's degree in counseling psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California, in August 2021. Currently, he lives in Denver, Colorado and works at the Jefferson Mental Health Center as a therapist for children. He works with children ranging from ages 7 to 23 and their families, but his favorite age to work with is adolescents. In this position, he works with clients who suffer from various symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, challenging behaviors, and more. In his work, Ori specializes in acceptance and commitment therapy, and he loves helping his clients find deeper meaning and purpose in their lives even when they are struggling with mental health symptoms. Ori is very excited to learn more Spanish so he can help children and their families in Denver who do not speak English, and otherwise, would not be able to benefit from therapy.

Tatiana M. Vera (she/her/ella) is a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at Teachers College (TC), Columbia University in New York City, and current Student President of the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) and Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) fellow for the 2023-2024 year. Clinically, she has received trauma-informed training in community mental health settings, coursework practicums, and intensive outpatient hospitals, with a particular focus on Latinas and immigrants in the USA who have experienced intimate partner violence and other forms of relational trauma. She will work at New York Presbyterian's women's inpatient unit this Fall. Through her work at the Center for Disease Control, she has also supported future policy changes to prevent violence against immigrant communities, informing her clinical work.

Sara Tucker, LCSW, is a social worker and therapist in the United States. Sara completed her Master's degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Sara worked with youth in a residential program for female age 12-17 from 2013-2015, specilizing in depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and trauma. After this, Sara began to work in a special education program in an elementary school where she has worked for 8 years, and she is also a supervisor to other social workers. Sara specializes in trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioral change, and in services like play therapy, Sandtray therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. During some years in the same time, she worked in a crisis center for youth with suicidal ideation & behaviors and evaluated them for risk. She also works with a few adults online with teletherapy and provides support to a few women with anxiety, problems in relationships, and depression.

Ms. Alexandra (Ali) Schwartz, M.A., is a doctoral candidate at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University in New York City. Ali has just completed the third year of her clinical psychology program with a focus on health, and she is pursuing a minor in neuropsychology. Last year, Ali was offering neuropsychological consultations at the Westchester Behavioral Health Center of New York Presbyterian (NYP-WBHC). With NYP-WBHC, Ali worked with patients ranging from school-aged children to older adults in a psychiatric hospital for inpatients. Ali also has experience providing therapy and psychoeducational assessments for adults with severe learning disabilities, as well as offering 1:1 interventions for children with developmental disabilities. Her career goals include providing neuropsychological services and therapy in both English and Spanish. After graduation, Ali would like to work as a pediatric neuropsychologist in an academic medical center. Her research focuses on migraines, strokes, and medication adherence.