Santa Clara University

Dr. Lucila Ramos-Sánchez

Dr. Lucila Ramos-Sánchez, received a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology, with an emphasis in counseling psychology. She joined the Santa Clara University faculty in the fall of 2000. She is currently associate professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology. She is the coordinator of the Latino Counseling Emphasis that she developed in 2003. The aim of the Latino Counseling Emphasis is to train counseling students to work effectively in clinical practice with the Latino population. The Latino Counseling Emphasis is one of only five in the country. Her research interests focus on Latino mental health, specifically examining variables that affect the counseling process. She has published numerous articles that examine factors that impact counselor credibility, the effects of bilingualism on the counseling process, stress associated with acculturation issues, and the relationship between self-efficacy and academic achievement of Mexican-American high school. Currently she is also researching the psychosocial stressors that impact the mental health outcomes of documented and undocumented Latino immigrants. From a clinical perspective, her interest is in the area of multicultural counseling with a special focus on Latino populations.

Mr. Héctor Sánchez-Flores

Mr. Héctor Sánchez-Flores, is a Senior Research Associate at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. For over 16 years he has worked in the field of engaging males in preventative health and social services. Eleven of those years he has been a member of the evaluation team that measured the impact programs have on young and adult men that receive services through health and social service agencies. His close contact with local programs and his understanding of the prevailing research allows him to influence the emerging field of male-centered services. Héctor has presented throughout the country on the topics of preventing unintended fatherhood, developing male relevant health services, engaging fathers in prevention and social services, and the development of culturally appropriate services for boys, men and fathers. He was a founding Board member of the Fatherhood Coalition of Santa Barbara, is a member of the National Compadres Network, sits on the Latino Initiative Advisory Group State and Local Task Force for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and served on the Boards of Healthy Teen Network and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. Locally he serves on the Board of Directors for Hospice of the Valley. He received his undergraduate education at California State University, Chico and studied Political Science and Philosophy.