Education & Experience

30 providing educational programs in mental health, addiction, sexual assault, domestic violence, and cultural competency. Past experiences include clinical instructor for the Dept. of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of medicine, working with severe mental illness with co-occurring addictions and trauma. Past member of the San Diego County Cultural Competency Resource Team and Chair of the recommendations committee for San Diego County Co-occurring disorders. Affirming of LGBTQ+ with special interest in issues of cultural and social identity. Bilingual and bicultural from Mexico City. EMDRIA Approved Trainer.