October 2020

Melissa Gutierrez is a first-year Counseling Psychology doctoral student. In this video, Melissa shares about her trajectory in working with Latino youth and families. She shares about the projects she is involved in at the University of Miami and some of her research interests. Melissa is interested in the role of parents in the self-esteem of Latino youth. She’s specifically interested on developing interventions that are tailored to increase parent empathy, reducing […]

Gabrielle del Rey is a second-year Counseling Psychology doctoral student. In this video, Gabrielle shares about the projects she is involved in at the University of Miami and some of her personal research interests. Broadly, Gabrielle’s research interests center on family systems theory and practice with Latino and Black adolescents and families. She is passionate about working with and serving her home community in Miami. Gabrielle can be contacted at gmd27@miami.edu.

In the black community, we believe in the grind and working 10x harder than everyone else in order to get where we want to be. Yet, in this flow and journey to making our dreams a reality we rarely take time to collect our thoughts or just breathe. Let’s start to change that. You deserve to put yourself first. Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty for saying no. Make time to […]