Speaker Bio
Dr. Araceli López-Arenas is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in CA. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Public Health in Social & Behavioral Health from Texas A&M University. She has over thirteen years’ experience working as a mental health clinician and program manager within the hospital and health care industry, academia, and community mental health settings. Her specialties include: providing bilingual/bicultural Spanish-speaking services, program development, implementation and evaluation, research, program management, health education, behavioral & wellness coaching and consulting, public speaking, group facilitation, capacity building, individual & group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and multicultural psychology. Her career has focused on the professional development of Promotores de Salud/Community Health Workers with an emphasis on addressing mental health disparities among underserved populations, particularly within the Latina/o/x community. Most recently, Dr. López-Arenas has focused on addressing mental health in the time of COVID-19.