My name is Nora A. Rosales, M.A., APCC (APCC #20398), and I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, college advisor, and career coach serving clients in California. But before any of those titles, I am a first-generation Mexican American, a daughter of immigrants, and an eldest daughter who grew up being the translator — of language, of forms, of feelings, of two completely different worlds. I didn’t find my way to this work through a textbook. I lived my way here.
For over four years, I have walked alongside first-generation students and young professionals as a college advisor and career coach — helping them choose paths, navigate systems, and build futures that their families sacrificed everything to make possible. And as a therapist, I go even deeper: into the guilt, the grief, the burnout, and the quiet identity crisis that so often lives underneath the achievement. I’ve helped clients map out a college major, advocate for themselves in a system that wasn’t built for them, and unpack the anxiety of being the first in their family to sit in those classrooms — because when you’re the first, the practical and the emotional are never separate.
I am not the therapist who needs you to explain code-switching, family loyalty, or why you can’t just “set a boundary” with your mom. I already know. I am the therapist who grew up quickly, carried everyone else’s weight, and still had to figure out who I was outside of the roles I was handed. That experience doesn’t stay outside the therapy room — it is the reason I show up the way I do.
My belief is simple: healing happens when you finally feel seen — not just as an individual, but within your whole story. Your family history. Your faith. Your culture. The sacrifices that got you here. You shouldn’t have to shrink any part of that to get support. You belong here, exactly as you are.
Who I Work With
I specialize in supporting:
If you grew up hearing “échale ganas,” while silently battling self-doubt… if you are the person everyone turns to but you have nowhere to let your guard down… if you constantly feel like you have to be strong, accomplished, or “perfect” to be worthy — you are not alone, and you belong here.
Nora A. Rosales, M.A., APCC
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