Associate Professor
University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work
Dr. Valdovinos' research and educational training in social welfare, psychology, global health, and gender studies informs the analytic techniques and methodologies that I utilize to address key mental health issues using interdisciplinary practices and theories to understand mental health and health well-being for Latinx and Indigenous Latinx families by centering culture and healing. Her faculty role at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) builds on 20 years of professional experience as an advocate for and with Latinx families to understand mental health and health well-being for their families and children. I specifically focus on intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences and help-seeking for Latinx families. I am among a few U.S. scholars investigating how race, gender, social class, immigration status, and culture affect the mental health and health well-being of Latinas and Indigenous Latinas and their children who have experienced IPV while centering culture and healing.
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