从大硅谷到硅谷，Alumna致力于帮助服务不足的人群

当我们庆祝9月15日至10月15日的西班牙裔传统月时，我们问了莫妮克·卡诺，临床心理学博士项目的2020年广发体育，关于她到PAU的道路和她作为临床心理学家为拉丁裔社区服务的希望。

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我成长在里约热内卢格兰德河谷沿着得克萨斯-墨西哥边境,美国最穷的地区之一。As a child I witnessed health disparities among low-income individuals in my immediate community, which included hard-working immigrants from Latin America. Limited access to resources and education impacted their ability to address threats to their physical and mental health.

根据我的培训，我意识到，与其他背景的人相比，服务不足的人群更不可能获得和接受他们所需的医疗保健。Witnessing how health disparities impacted my community influenced my interest in psychology and social justice issues.

我的家庭经历、价值观和成长经历培养了我对临床心理学的兴趣。My abuelo (grandfather) traveled hundreds of miles away from his family, friends, and home in Mexico to the United States to gain a more prosperous life for himself and his family. 他谈到了睡在立交桥下，身上只有保暖的衣服，受到歧视，尽管这些困难，他仍然有继续前进的动力。尽管存在文化和语言障碍，但他的精神韧性和成功的能力激励着我的家人尊重他的遗产。

我的父母在为低收入家庭学生服务的学校担任校长时践行了这些价值观。Many of the students that attend these public schools live in colonias (low-income subdivisions that lack basic services such as proper plumbing, electricity, and paved roads), are English-language learners, and have little to no access to health care. 我的父母在对待学生时总是以尊重、同情、同理心和希望为榜样。我经常反思这些价值观，并有意识地努力将它们付诸实践，确保我的大部分临床和广发体育研究工作都集中在弱势群体和服务不足的人群身上。

我觉得找到PAU和命运有关。我记得有一天，我在一家非营利机构当完顾问回到家，有人递给我邮件。有一封来自PAU的信，邀请我申请临床心理学博士课程。我之前没有听说过PAU，于是立即开始对这所大学进行广发体育研究。最终影响我决定申请和就读PAU的是他们在多样性方面的培训。

While attending PAU, I made sure to seek opportunities to 1) become a leader in student organizations that promote diversity & Latinx mental health, 2) align my clinical experiences with my goals of receiving excellent training in minority mental health and cultural competency, and 3) seek research experiences with a focus on underserved populations. 

我曾担任民族和多元文化意识协会（SECA）的秘书和财务主管，以及帕洛阿尔托大学拉丁裔学生组织（PULSO）的财务主管。As a leader in these organizations I have had the opportunity to organize and attend multiple round table events that focus on various diversity issues, host a Día de los Muertos masking event at PAU focusing on destigmatizing mental illness, and invite scholars such as Dr. Yvette Flores [author of the book Chicana and Chicano Mental Health: Alma, Mente [Corazón（墨西哥裔美国人的经验）]到PAU，与师生讨论墨西哥裔美国人的多样性问题，以及墨西哥裔美国人的心理亚洲顶级在线投注平台问题。

这些不同的机会为我亚洲顶级在线投注平台提供了丰富的教育经验和讨论，提高了我在PAU的课堂内外的学习。

在PAU期间，我还确保我在一家专业诊所的临床经验与我在少数民族心理亚洲顶级在线投注平台、服务不足人群和文化能力方面接受优秀培训的目标相一致。

La Clínica Latina, a specialty clinic that provides culturally competent psychotherapy and assessment services in English and in Spanish to children, adults, families, and couples was the perfect fit for my training goals. At La Clínica, I learned how to refine the therapeutic techniques that I deliver in Spanish, conceptualize cases through a multicultural and biopsychosocial lens, and received clinical supervision in Spanish. 在个人和团体监督中，文化能力的许多不同方面经常被讨论和处理；有机会从我的导师Revilla博士那里学习如何亚洲顶级在线投注平台提供符合文化的服务，并在指导期间与La Clínica Latina的同行进行丰富的学术讨论，这是我在PAU临床培训的标志。

我的导师里卡多博士Muñoz过去是，现在仍然是影响我职业轨迹的关键因素。Before joining the Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health (i4Health) lab, I met with Dr. Muñoz to discuss my interest in becoming a student in his lab. Muñoz医生问我的第一个问题是：“莫妮卡，你的梦想是什么？”I was initially taken aback because no teacher, no professor, no mentor had ever asked me that question before. I immediately began discussing my career goals of reducing health disparities and creating a clinic that would provide free and low-cost services to those in poverty. Muñoz博士欢迎我的想法，并帮助我集思广益，以确保我能实现我的目标；成为一所大学的临床教授似乎是一条完美的道路。Dr. Muñoz encouraged me to believe that my ultimate goals and aspirations were possible and not merely dreams. Since that conversation, I have been working towards the goals we discussed in our first meeting and I know that because of his mentorship and my dedication to these goals, they are within close reach.

PAU在教育未来的精神卫生专业人员通过注重多样性、公平和包容的社会正义视角为社区服务方面发挥着至关重要的作用。该大学致力于多样性广发体育研究，与不同背景的患者一起工作的临床机会，以及在多样性文献中具有开创性广发体育研究人员的教职员工，使PAU学生成为以文化相关方式为社区服务的开拓者。

目前，我是UCSF威尔神经科学广发体育研究所精神病学和广发体育科学系的国家药物滥用广发体育研究所（NIDA） T32博士后学者。我的主要广发体育研究兴趣包括适应和实施文化上适当的与亚洲顶级在线投注平台相关的干预措施，以帮助服务不足的人群同时患有疾病。

As a Clinical Psychologist I want to give back to the communities that taught, inspired, and encouraged me to achieve my goals. 我致力于为边缘人群服务，并将致力于我未来的临床和广发体育研究工作，以创建、实施和测试与亚洲顶级在线投注平台相关的干预措施，重点关注这些社区。

在保罗大学庆祝西班牙裔传统月之际，你有想要强调的西班牙裔或拉丁裔榜样吗？

首先，我的父母和祖父母。他们对我的影响我今天的学者和心理学家我职业生涯中最深远的影响。

我的拉丁裔朋友和同事们，你们的勇气、韧性和对社区的奉献每天都在激励着我。

里卡多·穆尼奥斯博士,问我我的梦想是什么,大胆的我有信心,让那些梦想成为现实。

罗伯托·洛瓦托(作者Unforgetting)抽出时间与我会面,讨论作为一个导航Latinx在美国,深入挖掘我们自己的经历很难找到美丽和意义,我的梦想,应付自如。

每一个选择前往美国的拉丁移民都希望有更好的生活和未来。我在你身上看到了我的家人，你激励了我。

Every Latinx farm worker & every Latinx migrant worker who work tirelessly to fill our grocery store shelves with the goods that we so often take for granted. 我在你身上看到了我的家人，你激励了我。

每个在生活中最重要的任务中扮演重要角色的拉丁家庭佣工，比如抚养孩子、照顾孩子、持家和做饭。我在你身上看到了我的家人，你激励了我。

亚历山大·奥卡西奥·科尔特斯对社会正义问题的承诺和奉献。

Selena Quintanilla，说得够多了。

我还想强调每一位致力于与西班牙语和拉丁裔人群合作的精神卫生专业人员。I know that translating materials, formulating treatments, and developing research to adequately serve Latinxs takes a great deal of effort because Latinxs are not a part of U.S. majority culture and do not fit into the general therapy / Western psychology mold. 在这个领域总是有更多的工作要做，我赞扬那些花时间去做这件事的人。“Sí se puede!”