Kiara Alvarez received her MEd from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She entered the doctoral program in school psychology at University of Texas at Austin in 2008. Her interests include prevention and intervention approaches for children and youth, especially girls, engaged in high-risk behaviors, and service delivery and treatment approaches for immigrant and refugee families.

Cynthya Campbell received her BA from the Southwestern University. In 2005, she began her doctoral program in clinical psychology at Loyola University Chicago. She specializes in minority mental health of children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Jenss Chang graduated from the University of California, San Diego with BA degree. In the fall of 2005, she began her doctoral program in clinical psychology at University of California, Santa Barbara. She is specializing in multicultural competency, ethnic minority psychological assessment, therapeutic assessment and alliance, personality testing, and making psychological services more accessible to marginalized populations.

Casandra Clark received her masters program from the Universidad Interamericana. In 2008, she entered the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. She specializes in minority adolescent and young adult development and substance use issues, prevention and treatment in this age group.

Telsie Davis received her EdS from the Georgia State University where she began pursuing a doctoral degree in counseling psychology in June 2007. Her areas of focus are culturally-responsive and gender-sensitive assessment and clinical intervention, psychological practice with African American women, and integration of mental health assessment and treatment services into primary care settings.

Candace DeCaires-McCarthy completed her BA degree at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2008, she enrolled in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Rutgers University. She is specializing in issues pertaining to multiculturalism and diversity, particularly as it concerns at-risk adolescents and adults.

Miraj Desai received his BA from the Miami University. In 2005, he entered the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Fordham University. He specializes in multicultural mental health with a wide variety of ethnicities. His primary research and clinical focus is the mental health of South Asians and South Asian Americans, although not limited to these populations.

Jason Edgar attended the California State University, Fullerton, where he received his BS. In September 2007, he began doctoral studies in clinical psychology at Azusa Pacific University. His interests include forensic psychology, diversity, and cultural issues, and adolescents.

Robyn Grimes Gobin received her BA in psychology from Wesleyan College in 2006. She entered the PhD program in clinical psychology at University of Oregon in 2006. Her research interest is the link between betrayal trauma experienced in childhood and sexual revictimization in adulthood to contribute to the development of interventions to prevent and treat the psychological damage that results from such traumatic experiences.

Cheon Graham received her MEd from the Duquesne University. In 2005, she continued to pursue a doctoral degree in school psychology at Duquesne. She specializes in juvenile delinquents and children of incarcerated parents. Her research interests include development of antisocial personality disorder by children with conduct disorder and the impact and effects of separation on children of incarcerated parents such as academic achievement, anxiety, and delinquency.

Melvin "Buddy" Hampton received his BA from the Harvard College. In 2007, he entered the doctoral program at New York University in counseling psychology. He specializes in substance use and HIV risk taking behaviors of ethnic, and, racial and sexual minorities.

Catherine Herrera received her BS from the North Georgia College and State University. In 2007, she entered the doctoral program in counseling psychology at University of Tennessee. Her specialties include trauma and mental health in military personnel, specifically Hispanic service members, risk and protective factors, and mental health within military families.

Alea Holman received her MPH from the Columbia University. She entered the doctorial program in school psychology at University of California- Berkeley in 2006. Her research interests include school-based prevention and treatment services, socio-emotional learning environments in schools, and mental health among African American youth and obese children.

Freda Liu graduated with a BA from the Claremont McKenna College. In 2004, she began pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Arizona State University. She is interested in immigrant youths' psychological and academic adjustment as influenced by stress and coping, parenting, and acculturation/en-culturation, and the development of culturally competent prevention and intervention programs.

Nicole Manns received her MEd in special education from Vanderbilt University. She entered the PhD program in counseling psychology in 2006 at Howard University. Her research interest is African American women and obesity and culturally appropriate treatment approaches.

Kelly Moore received her MEd from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2006, she entered doctoral program in clinical psychology at Rutgers University. Her interest is the service delivery and treatment for ethnic minority populations, especially children and families, cultures within minority populations, and using efficacious methods with existing community organizations.

Sangeeta Parikshak received her MS from the DePaul University. In 2008, she began her doctoral studies in clinical child psychology at University of Kansas. Her interests include parenting, child abuse and neglect, substance abuse and maltreatment, and culturally sensitive therapeutic interventions and treatment.

Nelupa Perera received her BA from the Carleton College. In 2006, she began her doctoral studies in counseling psychology at University of Minnesota. Her interests include cultural definitions and variables influencing trauma, culturally appropriate post-trauma mental health care for diverse survivors and the South Asian immigrant community.

Vanessa Ramirez received her BS from the University of Florida and is a second-year doctorial student at Rutgers University specializing in community psychology and in children and families. Her interests include interventions with low-income, ethnic minority populations, resilience among at-risk ethnic minority children, community psychological interventions, and child and family therapy for ethnic minority populations.

Emma Sterrett received her MS in marital and family therapy from Northwestern University. She entered the PhD program in clinical psychology in 2005 at the University of North Carolina. Her research interest is interventions to improve the mental health, specifically self-regulation and avoidance of delinquent behaviors, and the academic achievement of ethnic minority youth.

Melissa Tehee received her MS from the Western Washington University. In August 2007, she began her doctoral program in clinical psychology at University of Arizona with an emphasis on policy and Indian law.

Shaquita Tillman received her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2005, she enrolled in the masters program in psychology at Pepperdine University. Her interests include African American mental health, co-occurring disorders, and substance abuse.

Christina Vasquez began pursing her doctoral degree in school psychology in August 2008 at the University of Arizona upon receipt of her masters degree from this institution. Assessment and diagnosis of children and adolescents with learning disabilities and social-emotional disturbances are special areas of interest. She is also working with juvenile delinquents in county and state facilities.

Ian Villalta received his BA from the San Diego State University. He began is doctoral program in clinical psychology in 2006 at Arizona State University. He specializes in substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, and adolescents/young adults.

Sherry Wang received her BA from Smith College and is a second-year doctorial student at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. She specializes in the social and cultural correlates of mental health for underserved populations.

Shu-Wen Wang received her BA in psychology and anthropology from Barnard College/Columbia University in 2004. She entered the PhD program in clinical psychology at the University of California - Los Angeles in 2006. Her research interests are the role of culture in psychological processes, ethnic minority mental health (particularly in Asian-Americans), and coping responses to stressful situations in families.

Tina Woods received her BA from the University of Alaska Anchorage. In 2007, she entered the doctoral program in clinical-community psychology with a rural indigenous emphasis at University of Alaska in Anchorage. She is interested in using the "circle process" for healing Alaskan Native individuals and communities suffering from the effects of alcohol in areas such as domestic violence, suicide, and child neglect.

Jessica Young received her BA from the Elon University. In 2008, she entered the doctoral program in counseling psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She specializes in child psychopathology/therapy or the child in the context of family functioning.