Skip to main content



Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.

  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT
    Improving the Mental Health System for Spanish-speaking Immigrant Families through Advocacy Support for Providers
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Windows
    Presenter: Hector E. Chaidez Ruacho, LCSW, MSW (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Austin
    Latina / Latino Issues
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Examining Implicit Curriculum: Recruiting and Retaining Hispanic and Latino/a/e Students in Social Work
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Windows
    Presenter: Jennifer A. Pax, PhD, JD, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers) – New Jersey City University
    Presenter: Muriel Rand, EdD, MEd, MSW, LSW – New Jersey City University
    Latina / Latino Issues
     Earn 1 ASWB ACE Credit
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MT
    Embracing Disability Justice and Joy in Latine Behavioral Health: Centering Trauma as a Disability
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Windows
    Moderator: Monica Gutierrez, MSW, PhD – University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
    Panelist: Akeem Z. Modeste-James, MSW (he/him/his) – University of Denver
    Panelist: Thérèse Fitzgerald, PhD, MSW – Community-Led Solutions, LLC
    Panelist: Lena Lundgren, Ph.D – Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver
    Latina / Latino Issues
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    Testimonios of Latina/o/ Hispanic College Students who Persisted to Graduation
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Plaza Court 8
    Presenter: Joise Garzon, LICSW, MSW, PhD – Rhode Island College
    Latina / Latino Issues
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:00 PM - 1:30 PM MT
    Navigating Multiple Marginalization: Intersectionality of Latino Identity and Disability in Social Work Students
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 6
    Presenter: Nancy Mendoza, PhD (she/her/hers) – College of Social Work at The Ohio State University
    Latina / Latino Issues