Identity

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with intersecting identities that shape my work and values. I am a cisgender woman of color (she/her/Ella), Latinx, queer, neurodivergent, disabled, and a first-generation college graduate.

Experience

My experience as a psychologist spans multiple settings, including school-based health centers, residential treatment, and community mental health, with clients of all ages from diverse backgrounds. As a predoctoral intern and postdoctoral fellow/registered psychologist at the Native American Health Center, Oakland, I provided psychotherapy, case management, testing/assessment, and integrated behavioral health services (IBH).

I own and operate a private practice (established in 2018) in the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California. My practice offers psychotherapy, personal/professional/executive coaching, testing and assessment, Workers' Compensation evaluations, consultation, and clinical supervision. (Coaching is available across states and internationally)

Additionally, I review mental health articles for GoodRx, contribute to media interviews on topics like mental health parity, mental health benefits, and cultural competency in mental health care, and provide consultation services to corporate and non-profit sectors.

License

Licensed Psychologist in California (PSY30098)

Certifications

• Certificate in Latin American Family Therapy

• Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider

• Certified in Adult Mental Health USA

Researcher & Author

• Evaluating a Program of Equine Therapy for Veterans with PTSD Symptoms
  Dissertation, Alliant International University, 2016

• Discrimination, Acculturative Stress, Distress, and Depression in Spanish-speaking Cuban Immigrants
  Research Project/Thesis, Alliant International University, 2014

Speaking Engagements & Conference Presentations

• Making Mental Health Benefits Work
  Speaker, Employee Benefit News, Workplace Strategies Agenda, Austin, TX, 2022

• How to Provide Culturally Competent Mental Health Care to an Increasingly Diverse Workforce
  Speaker, Employee Benefit News, 2022

• What Therapists Want You to Know About Accessing Mental Health Care
  Speaker, The Mighty, 2020

• Discrimination, Acculturative Stress, Distress, and Depression in Spanish-speaking Cuban Immigrants
  Poster, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2014

Media Appearances & Contributions

• How Can Employers Make Mental Health Benefits Work for Their Teams?
  Employee Benefit News, 2022
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• Can Healthcare Be Affordable, Accessible — and Better?
  The State of Healthcare, Employee Benefit News, 2022
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• Take It From a Psychologist: Here’s What You Need in Your Mental Healthcare Plans
  Employee Benefit News, 2021
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• Therapists in California Want to Provide Affordable Mental Health Care. Here's What's Stopping Them.
  The Mighty, 2020
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