David Lee Olguin
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Counselor Education, May, 2004
University
of New Orleans (CACREP-accredited), New Orleans, Louisiana
Minor: Child and Adolescent, and School Counseling
Dissertation
Title: Determinants of Preparation Through Perceptions of Counseling and
Teaching Self-Efficacy among Prospective Counselor Educators
Dissertation
Chair: Dr. Vivian McCollum
- M.Ed. in Counseling,
December, 1999
University of New Orleans
(CACREP-accredited), New Orleans,
Louisiana
Minors: Mental Health Counseling and School
Counseling
- B.A.
in Psychology, July, 1994
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
FACULTY TEACHING
·
Assistant Professor, The University of New Mexico,
Counselor Education
Advanced Theories (COUN 621), Spring 2006
Child and
Adolescent Counseling (COUN 545), Summer 2006
Communication
Skills in Counseling (COUN 522), Fall 2005-2008
School
Counseling (COUN 545), Fall 2005-2007
Multicultural
Counseling (COUN 584), Fall 2005 & 2006
Doctoral
Internship/Advanced Practicum (COUN 695), Fall 2005-Fall 2007
Career
Counseling (COUN 513), Spring 2005-2008
Independent
Study (COUN 591), Summer 2005, Fall 2005 & 2006, Spring 2006
Counseling
Theories (COUN 517), Fall 2004, Spring 2005
Group Counseling
(COUN 518), Fall 2004, Summer 2005 & 2007
UNIVERSITY
TEACHING
·
Adjunct Professor,
Careers for Educators (Teacher Education, EDUC 1000), University of New Orleans,
Summer and Fall 2003
·
Instructor, Counseling
Techniques, (Educational Leadership, Counseling and Foundations, EDGC 6430), University of New Orleans, Fall 2003
·
Instructor, Group Work (Educational Leadership,
Counseling, and Foundations, EDGC 6450), University of New Orleans,
Spring 2003
·
Instructor, Career
Theory & Employment Trends (College Student Personnel and Administration,
CSPA 173), University
of Northern Colorado,
Spring 2001
- Instructor, Career Theory &
Employment Trends (College Student Personnel and Administration, CSPA
173), University of Northern Colorado, Two sections in Fall 2000
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
·
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, # 65172),
State of New Mexico
ASSISTANT
INSTRUCTION-CLINICAL SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
- Doctoral Clinical Group Supervisor,
University of New Mexico,
Provided group supervision for doctoral students enrolled in practicum and
internship, Fall 2005
- Doctoral Clinical Group Supervisor,
University
of New Orleans,
Provided group supervision for masters students enrolled in practicum and
internship, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, and Spring 2004
- Doctoral Clinical Supervisor, University of New Orleans, Provided individual
supervision to students in the master’s program. Supervision focused on
clinical skills and counseling theory development, and strengthening one’s
ability to conceptualization clinical cases, Fall 2002-Spring 2004
- Group Work Supervisor, University of New
Orleans, Supervised and observed two master’s students
who served as co-leaders for a five-week group, University of New
Orleans, Fall 2002
- Teaching Assistant, Theories of
Counseling, (Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations), University of New Orleans, Fall 2002 & Spring
2003
- Teaching Assistant, Organization,
Administration and Consultation in Guidance Services (Department of
Professional Psychology, PPSY 608), University of Northern
Colorado, Summer 2001
- Teaching Assistant, Career
Counseling Theory & Assessment (Professional Psychology, PPSY 616), University of Northern Colorado, Spring 2001
- Guest Lecturer, Educational
Psychology, Classroom intervention, Fall 2001
- Guest Lecturer, Educational
Psychology, Child abuse and neglect, Fall 2001
- Doctoral Supervisor-in-Training,
Master’s level practicum (PPSY 612), Suicide Intervention, University of Northern Colorado, Fall 2001
- Doctoral Supervisor-in-Training,
Master’s level practicum (PPSY 612), Suicide Intervention, University of Northern Colorado, Spring 2002
- Doctoral Supervisor-in-Training,
Master’s level practicum (PPSY 612); Suicide/Crisis Intervention and
Multicultural Training, University of Northern Colorado, Fall 2001 &
Spring 2002
- Clinical Assistant/Coach, Advanced
Counseling Techniques (Department of Counselor Education and Supervision,
EDGC 6440), University
of New Orleans,
Spring 1999
PUBLICATIONS
Referred Journals
- Olguin,
D. L., Keim, J., Arzate, J., & Torres, C. (in press). Traversing career development and
multiculturalism among 8th-12th grade students.
Compelling Counseling Images: The Best of VISTAS 2008.
- Keim,
J., Olguin, D. L., Marley, S. C., Thieman, A. (in press). Trauma and burnout: Counselors in
training. Submitted to Compelling Counseling Images: The Best of VISTAS
2008.
- Olguin,
D. L. (in press). Curanderismo: Folk healing practice and child abuse and
neglect allegations. Journal of School
Counseling.
- Lobaugh,
E. R., Clements, P. T., Averill, J. B., & Olguin, D. L. (2006).
Gay-males couples who adopt: Challenging historical and contemporary
social trends toward becoming a family. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 42, 184-195.
Invited
Referred Journals
- Olguin, D., Blalock, G., &
Hamilton, P. (2005, Winter). New
Mexico’s Next Step Plan: Building Strong Bridges Between Classroom
and Career. New Mexico Research Study Council: Research for Improving Results,
December.
- Contributor with Dr.
Rifenbary-Murphy for a Vanderbilt
University teaching
module. The role of the professional
secondary school counselor in post-secondary transitions for students with
disabilities. The curriculum module is used for education graduate
students.
- Olguin, D. (2003, Spring). Reflections from the student
representative: Multiculturalism and counseling. Louisiana Association for Multicultural
Counseling and Development (LAMCD) Newsletter.
Referred Book Chapters
- Olguin,
D. L., & Maple, C. (in press). Legislative
impact: Professional school counselors and teachers provide career
education for students in K-12 [Monograph]. Issues in Career
Development, Summer 2007.
Submitted Manuscripts to Referred
Journals
- Olguin,
D. L. (2007). The Teaching Appraisal for Counselor Educators (TACE): A
Q-Methods approach to Attain Precise Variables to Measure Teaching
Self-Efficacy of Doctoral Students. Submitted to The Virginia Counselors Journal.
- Olguin, D. L., Marley, S. (2007). Assessing
Counselors Teaching Self-Efficacy through Informal Appraisal. Submitted to
Counselor Education and Supervision.
- Olguin,
D., & Keim, J. (2007). Using Stakeholders as Career Bridges to Advance
Students’ Academic Performance: How Would You Like Your Stake? Submitted
to Studies in Educational Evaluation.
- Keim,
J., Strauser, D., Olguin, D. L. (2007). Employment Counseling for Female
Trauma Domestic Violence. Journal of
Employment Counseling.
- VanSlambrook,
A., & Olguin, D. L. (2007). Parental Experience with Eating Disorders.
Submitted to Connections.
GRANT PROPOSALS
Funded
- Co-Principal
Investigator, Stress, Burnout, and Vicarious Trauma. University of New
Mexico. OFAC Funded Grant $200.00 for March
2007-June 2007.
- Principal
Investigator, Next Step Plan Implementation Support, State of New Mexico, Public
Education Department. Funded $37,500 for February 2005-July 30, 2005.
Non-funded
- Submitted
Proposed Budget to the State of New
Mexico, Public Education Department to continue
with the Next Step Plan Implementation Support for 2006, $63,830.89
(Principal Investigator).
- Jack
Kent Cook Foundation. $1,000,000.00 over the course of 4 years
(Co-Principal Investigator; UNM and NMSU Collaborative Team). Top Finalist
for Interview.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
- Keim,
J., Marley, S., & Olguin, D. (2008, August). Students’ coping strategies: Distress and traumatic client events.
Presentation at the American Psychological Association 2008 Convention, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Olguin, D., Keim, J., Arzate, J.
M., Torres, C. (2008, March). Building
Career Bridges within a Multicultural Student Population. Poster
session at the 2008 International American Counseling Association
Conference (ACA), Honolulu,
HI.
- Keim, J., Olguin, D., Marley, S.
(2008, March). Stress, Burnout, and
Vicarious Trauma among Counselors-in-training. Poster session at
the 2008 International American Counseling Association Conference (ACA), Honolulu, HI.
- Olguin, D., Tieman, A., Keim,
J., & Marley, S. (2007, August). Stress,
Burnout, and Vicarious Trauma among Counselors-in-training. Poster
session at the University of New Mexico, College of Education fall
2007 Faculty Retreat, Tamaya Hyatt, Bernalillo, NM.
- Stroud, D, & Olguin, D.
(2006, November). The Orchestration of Joy and Suffering.
Content session at the Western Association for Counselor Education
and Supervision (WACES), Las
Vegas, NV.
- Olguin, D., & Stroud, D.
(2006, October). Heightening
awareness and sensitivity through cross-cultural triadic training: A
method to decrease client attrition. Content session at the
Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
(RMACES), Jackson, WY.
- Stroud,
D, & Olguin, D. (2006, September). Why can’t I get through to
you: The complex phenomenon of giving and receiving corrective feedback.
Content session at the Rocky Mountain
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES), Jackson, WY.
- Sturm-Mexic,
J., Daboval, K., & Olguin, D. L. (2005, April). Using expressive arts in play therapy
with adolescents and adults.
Learning Institute presented at the Annual International American
Counseling Association (ACA) Conference in Atlanta, GA.
- Sturm-Mexic,
J., & Olguin, D. L. (2005, October).
Using expressive arts in play therapy with adults and
families. A content session
presented at the Annual International Association for Play Therapy (APT)
Conference in Nashville,
TN.
- Olguin,
D. L., Blalock, G., & Hamilton, P. (2005, October). New Mexico’s Next Step Plan: Building Strong Bridges Between
Classroom and Career. International Conference for the Division on Career
Development and Transition in Albuquerque,
NM.
- Olguin,
D. L., Blalock, G., & Hamilton, P. (2005, October). New Mexico’s Next Step Plan: Building Strong Bridges Between
Classroom and Career. New Mexico
Counseling Association Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM.
- Olguin,
D. L., Davidson-Boyd, L., Maple, C., & Tafoya, H. (2005, October). Many Faces of Unity in Diversity in
Career Counseling: Implications of the Triad Training Model. New Mexico Counseling Association Annual Conference
in Albuquerque, NM.
- Sturm-Mexic, J., Daboval, K., & Olguin, D. (2005,
April). Using expressive arts in
play therapy with adolescents and adults.
Learning Institute presented at the annual International American
Counseling Association (ACA) conference in Atlanta, GA.
- Sturm-Mexic, J., Daboval, K., & Olguin, D. (2004,
October). Using expressive arts in
play therapy with adolescents and adults.
A content session presented at the annual International Association
for Play Therapy (APT) conference in Denver,
CO.
- Olguin, D. L. (2003). Helping
doctoral students develop their conceptual map to teaching skills pedagogy.
Poster presentation at the Southern Association for Counselor Education
and Supervision (SACES), Chattanooga,
TN.
- Olguin, D. L., & Saatci, Y. (2003). Helping doctoral students develop their conceptual map to teaching
skills pedagogy. Poster presentation at the Louisiana Counseling
Association (LCA), Monroe,
LA.
- Olguin, D. L. (2001). Establishing
a Teaching Foundation for Counselor Educators in Training. Roundtable
discussion at the Rocky Mountain Association of Counselor Education and
Supervision (RMACES), Breckenridge,
CO.
- Olguin, D. L. (2001). Establishing
a Teaching Foundation for Counselor Educators in Training. Poster
Presentation at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO.
- Remley, T., Hermann, M., Olguin, D., Alexander, A.,
Frazio-Griffith, L., Gray, N., Kippers, S. (April 2000). Enhancing collaboration between
counselors and other client support systems. Content Session at the
American Counseling Association World Conference, Washington, DC.
- Hermann, M. A., & Olguin, D. L. (October 1999). Maximizing teacher collaboration in
school counseling programs. Content Session at the Louisiana
Counseling Association Conference, Baton
Rouge, LA.
- Olguin, D. L. (1999). Fundamentals
of Gestalt therapy. Mount Carmel
Academy, New Orleans, LA.
- Olguin, D. L. (1999). Internship
Orientation: How to select and make the most of your internship experience.
Presentation at the University of
New Orleans Graduate Student
Orientation, New Orleans,
LA.
- Smith, M., & Olguin, D. L. (1998). Counselors as consultants: An innovative approach to counseling
at-risk youth. Content Session at the Louisiana
Counseling Association Conference, Lafayette,
LA.
- Smith, M., & Olguin, D. L. (1998). Counselors as consultants: An innovative approach to counseling
at-risk youth. Content Session at the Southern Association for
Counselor Education and Supervision Conference, Montgomery, AL.
- Olguin, D. L. (1998). Crisis
intervention in the public schools: Where does it begin? Poster
presentation at the Southern Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision Conference, Montgomery,
AL.
- Olguin, D. L. (1997). Crisis
intervention in the public schools: Where does it begin? Poster
presentation at the University of
New Orleans Graduate Research Fair,
New Orleans, LA.
- Olguin, D. L. (1997). Conducted continuing education over
topics such as behavior and classroom management, depression, stress and
anxiety, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, psychotropic medications,
and critical incident debriefing. Eastlake
Psychiatric Hospital New Orleans, LA.
CLINICAL
COUNSELING EXPERIENCE
·
School-based Clinical Counselor
A New Day Youth & Family
Services, Inc.
August 2004-January 2005
Albuquerque, NM 87112
Patricia DuBoise, LISW, R.N., Supervisor
Provided group, individual and
family counseling for middle school students within the school, home, and
mental health settings; individual and group counseling focused on social,
emotional and academic concerns; medication monitoring; diagnostic
intake-interviewing; crisis intervention.
·
Private Practice
August 2003-May 2004
New Orleans, LA
Provided individual counseling
services for children, adolescents and families directed at psychosocial,
developmental, academic, social and psychological, and behavioral and
relationship concerns.
·
School-based Counselor/Mental Health Therapist
North Range
Behavioral Health
Greeley, CO 80631,
October 2001-May 2002
Paulette Tarnasky, Supervisor
Provided group, individual and
family counseling for elementary and middle school students within the school
and mental health setting; individual and group counseling focused on social,
emotional and academic concerns, crisis intervention, and medication
monitoring; group counseling and psychoeducation groups, diagnostic
intake-interviewing.
University
of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
80639, August
2000-October 2001
Marlaine
Mowitz, Ph.D.
Provided
career counseling to students, alumni, and community members. Taught
undergraduate course, Career Theory & Employment Trends. Administered and interpreted Strong Interest
Inventory and Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Conducted mock interviews,
internship and employment assistance, resume and curriculum vitae critiquing,
statistical compilation of undergraduate/graduate salary earnings.
- Clinical Counselor/School and
Home-based Therapist
New Day,
Youth & Family Services
Albuquerque, NM 87110,
October 1999-July 2000
Eric
Locher & Ann Marrow, Supervisors
Conducted
and administered client and family needs assessments, psychosocial evaluations,
accompanying diagnosis from DSM-IV manual, Child and Adolescent Functional
Assessment Scale. Provided child and
adolescent individual and family counseling, medication monitoring, minimal
case management, crisis intervention, and group counseling. Developed individual and family treatment
plans with clients and family members.
Served as on-call-crisis therapist for the company's rotation service.
Utilized Person-Centered, Solution-Focused, Behavioral, Cognitive-Behavioral,
Reality, Gestalt, Narrative, Adlerian, and family systems therapies.
COUNSELOR TRAINING EXPERIENCE
·
Group Co-Facilitator
University
of New Orleans, Advanced
Group Work, Fall 2002
Provided Reminiscence group work
for geriatric population in a nursing home setting.
- School Counseling Internship
School
Counselor
Orleans Public Schools, Israel M. Augustine Middle School
New Orleans, LA, August 1998-June 1999
Conducted
individual, group, academic, career, and family counseling with students,
teachers, and parent(s) within the confines of the school. Worked with concerns related to personal,
crisis intervention, grief and loss, developmental, physical and sexual abuse,
and academic related problems. Provided
psychoeducational lectures in classrooms; assisted in development of a program
of studies for future grade levels.
Provided teacher consultation on classroom management and intervention,
and communicated with other professionals for student benefit. Member of the Student Assistance Team.
Process
Observer, Group Counseling Process Observer
University
of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA,
August 1998-December 1998
Assisted
professor with a graduate level group counseling class. Provided process
observations of group dynamics that occurred during each class meeting.
Responsible for utilizing appropriate group counseling terminology describing
different stages and concerns on both the interpersonal and intrapersonal
levels.
- Practicum/Counseling Internship
Mental
Health Counselor
Active
Intervention, Mental Health Counseling and Evaluation
Belle Chasse, LA, May 1998-November 1998
Conducted
individual, group, and family counseling with children, adolescents, adults,
and families mandated by the legal system.
Conducted psychosocial evaluations and provided diagnostic impressions
for Family's in Need of Services (FINS) during judicial hearings at
Placquemines Parish courthouse, and medication monitoring. Consulted with
probation officers, Juvenile Justice Judge, and psychiatrists.
PROFESSIONAL
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Psychometrist
Assistant
Gretna, LA, April 1995-December 1997
Administered
psychological tests to juvenile offenders, and Vocational Rehabilitation
recipients. Familiar with WISC-III,
WAIS-R, WRAT, MMPI-2, and the Spache.
Mental
Health Case Management Supervisor
Gretna, LA, April 1995-May 1996
Supervised,
trained, hired, and assessed mental health case managers working with children,
adolescents, and adults, as well as problem solving and delivery of quality
mental health service. Provided support network and consultation to case
managers to ensure individualized service for the clientele, and medication
monitoring. Assisted clients in meeting
their needs to become self-sufficient. Additional responsibility for continuing
education of employees, generated monthly reports for the Department of Health
and Hospitals (DHH). Generated agency referrals.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- University of New
Orleans
Graduate
Assistant
New Orleans, LA, August 2002-May 2004
Co-coordinated
the CACREP practicum and internship program for masters and doctoral students
and assured standards were upheld.
Hosted orientation meetings for students, university and onsite clinical
supervisors. Served on doctoral and
masters screening committees. Updated
and managed practicum-internship student files.
Consulted with counselor educators and ordered psychological and career
related assessment tools. Catalogued
counseling resource files.
- University of New
Orleans
Co-coordinator
for Project Earn While You Learn
New Orleans, LA, Summer 2003
This
federally funded program for middle school students targeted academic, career,
and emotional development. Designed,
developed and implemented the social studies curriculum; reviewed the reading,
science and math curricula. Worked in
and facilitated individual and small and large group settings with the
students. Documented student progress
using a programmed database; assisted students with final projects displayed at
the research fair.
Substitute
Teacher
Israel M. Augustine Middle School
New Orleans, LA, January 1999-September 1999
Substitute
taught for grades 6-8 in various subjects, Language Arts, Social Studies, Math,
Exploratory/Life Skills, and Science.
Classroom experience with regular and special education, specifically
students labeled emotional-behavioral disturbed.
- EastLake Psychiatric
Hospital
Business
Development/Marketing Representative
New Orleans, LA, January 1997-December 1997
Generated
business referrals in Orleans Parish and surrounding Parish's. Conducted
presentations on psychiatric services, psychotropic medication used on the
unit, and psychoeducational topics related to attention deficit disorder,
stress management, self-esteem, and classroom management to teachers, school
counselors, social workers, and medical professionals.
- New Inspirations Inc., Psychiatric
Rehabilitation
Consumer
Relations Coordinator, Business Development
New Orleans, LA, May 1996-October 1996
Contracted
for duties that included consultation with Chief Executive Officer over
Department of Health and Hospitals rules and regulations; interviewed, hired,
trained, and supervised new employees; recruited/contracted psychiatrists,
clinical psychologists, and staff therapists. Conducted clinical evaluations (3
and 6 month treatment plans), and monitored psychotropic medications.
- Rehabilitation Living Center Inc.
Resident
Coach
New Orleans, LA, August 1994-April 1995
Provided
one-to-one direct patient care for individuals suffering from traumatic brain
injuries (TBI). Coached patients to adhere to daily therapeutic regime,
documented daily and monthly case notes, attended monthly staff meetings.
Presented client progress to insurance representatives for continued services,
and monitored medication compliance.
- Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse,
and Addictions (CASAA)
Research
Assistant
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM, January 1993- August 1994
Coded
therapists' audio counseling sessions, collected data and updated database,
training of coding procedures to international-intern students in psychology,
assisted Ph.D. candidate in research, and developed strong relations with
clientele through communications.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Rocky
Mountain Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Jackson, Wyoming
October
2006
- New Mexico
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NMACES)
The New
2005 Code of Ethics
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, NM,
February 2006
- New Mexico Counseling
Association (NMCA) Conference
Albuquerque, NM, October 2005 & October 2006
Puppets
and Play, PTSD
- Division
on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) Conference
Albuquerque, NM, October 2005
Attended
career transition workshops aimed at children and adolescents
- American
Counseling Association (ACA) World Conference
Atlanta, GA, April 2005
Washington, DC, April 2000
San Diego, CA, April 1999
Indianapolis, IN, April 1998
- Association
for Play Therapy (APT), International Conference
Presented
and attended a variety of play therapy content sessions focused on:
psychopharmacology, expressive arts in play therapy, play with traumatized
clients, using EMDR to transform trauma, art in play therapy.
Nashville, TN, 2005
Denver, CO, 2004
- University of New Orleans
Big Easy
Workshops: multicultural counseling, grief and loss, child and adolescent
counseling, 2002-2003
- Louisiana
Counseling Association (LCA)
Monroe, LA, October 2003
Baton Rouge, LA, October 2002
Lafayette, LA, October 1998
- Southern
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) Conference
Chattanooga, TN, September 2003
Montgomery, AL, October 1998
- Compact
for Faculty Diversity on Teaching (National Commission on Higher Education
Conference)
Arlington, VA, October 2002
Washington, DC, October 2001
- Colorado
Association for Play Therapy Conference
Arvada, CO, February 2001
- Rocky
Mountain Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (RMACES)
Conference
Breckenridge, CO, October 2001
- University of Northern Colorado Research Fair
Greeley, CO, April 2001
- HIV/AIDS
101 Awareness Sensitivity Training Workshop for School Counselors
Orleans
Public Schools
New Orleans, LA, February 1999
- 5-year
Educational Plans and Career Development
Orleans
Public Schools
New Orleans, LA, January 1999
- Remodeling
Your School Guidance and Counseling Program While You Are Living and
Working In It.
Orleans
Public Schools
New Orleans, LA, December 1998
- Principal's
Meeting, Services Opportunity
Xavier University of Louisiana & Orleans Public Schools
New Orleans, LA, September 1998
- American School Counselor Association (ASCA)
Conference
San Antonio, TX, June 1998
- University of New Orleans Research Fair
New Orleans, LA, April 1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- 2005, New Mexico
Association for Play Therapy (NMAPT)
- 2005, Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT)
- 2004-Present, New
Mexico Counseling Association (NMCA)
- 2004-Present, New
Mexico Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision (NMACES)
- 2004-Present, Association for Play Therapy (APT)
- 2001-Present, Rocky Mountain Association for Counselor
Education and Supervision
(RMACES)
- 2000-Present,
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
- 1998-Present, Chi Sigma Iota, International Honor Society
- 1997-Present, American Counseling Association (ACA)
- 1997-2005, Counseling Organization of Graduate Students (COGS)
- 2002-2003, Louisiana
Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (LAMCD), Student
Representative
- 2002, Colorado
Association for Play Therapy (CAPT), Volunteer
- 2001-2004, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
(WICHE)
- 1998-2004, Southern Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision (SACES)
- 1998-2005, Louisiana
Counseling Association (LCA)
- 1997-2002, Phi Delta Kappa, International Education Honor
Fraternity
- 1997-1998, Alpha Theta Epsilon, University of New
Orleans Honor Fraternity
AWARDS, HONORS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2007, Recognized by the American Counseling Association. Two
manuscripts selected for publication as “VISTAS Best of 2008”
- 2007, Recognized by UNM, Special Programs
- 2004, Excellence in Counseling Professionalism Award, Chi Sigma
Iota, Alpha Eta Chapter, University
of New Orleans.
- 2002-2004, Doctoral Marcus B. Christian Scholarship
- 2001-2004, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
Doctoral Scholar
- 2001-2002, Cross Family Memoria Scholar, University of Northern
Colorado
- 2001-2002, Chela Financial Scholarship
- 2000-2001, Diversity Scholar, University of Northern
Colorado
- 2000-2001, Cross Family Memoria Scholar, University of Northern
Colorado
- 1999, Outstanding Professional Leadership Award, University of New Orleans
- 1999, Exemplary Service Award,
Israel M.
Augustine Middle School
- 1998-1999, National Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar
- 1998-1999, President, Counseling Organization of Graduate
Students
- 1998-1999, Executive Board/Historian-Elect, Phi Delta Kappa
- 1997-1998, Secretary, Counseling Organization of Graduate
Students