Elsa is a First-Generation, Mexican-American, Bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker, clinical supervisor, adjunct professor, and speaker. She earned her Masters in Social Work from Cal State University, San Bernardino and has 12 years of direct practice servicing children, families, and adults of marginalized populations.
Currently, her practice specialized on servicing young women and birth parents living with depression, anxiety, trauma, postpartum depression/anxiety. She uses evidenced-based and culturally affirming practices to help create an overall mind, body, approach to haling.
Cuarentena: Skills to be a Trauma-Informed and Culturally Affirming Health Provider to New Moms
De Aquí y De Allá: Navigating Identity as a First-Gen
Repair After Conflict: Fostering Safety in a Relationship
Culturally Affirming Care
Cuarentena: Skills to be a Trauma-Informed and Culturally Affirming Health Provider to New Moms
Repair After Conflict: Fostering Safety in a Relationship
De Aquí y De Allá: Navigating Identity as a First-Gen
Navigating Stress as a First-Gen College Student
Ecotherapy: Intergrading the Outdoors Into Mental Health Care
Workshop: Growing Youth, Growing Gardens:How Gardening is Being Utilized with TAY Populations in an Urban Public Behavioral Health Setting
Transition Age Youth Conference 2019
Workshop: Community Resiliency Model for Parent Self-Care
Oneonta Cooperative Nursery School 2019
Panel: Culturally Inclusive Care
Siete Foods Health and Wellness Summit 2025
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