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Culture and Resilience Team (CRT)
Dr. Winnie Ma & Dr. Aileen Torres

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Team News

Our research team members Amy German and Andrea Ortiz presented "Errores de Pensamiento: Cognitive Restructuring for Newcomer Immigrant Middle Schoolers", at the Annual Conference of the Latino/a Mental Health Association of New Jersey. Ewing, NJ.

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Our research team members Nicole Guevara, Claudia Corbo, Mamadee Keita, Ian Dominguez, and Eddie Lopez presented “No Te Ayudaré con los Papeles": Five Case Studies of Latino Undocumented Men Maltreated by U.S. Citizen Wives, at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Latino/a Mental Health Association of New Jersey. Ewing, NJ

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Dr. Ma and the research team alumni, Nuu Grenier, Chana Becher, and Avianne Smith-Cordice, have recently published a journal article titled "Navigating Transnational Separation and Reunification: Resilience in Low-Income Chinese Immigrant Mothers" in the Clinical Social Work Journal​

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Our research team members presented at the 2024 American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention in Seattle, WA 

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Our research team's poster titled 'Extreme Hardship of Mixed Citizenship Families: Symptoms and Experiences,' presented by Ryan Puebla, Gladys Martinez, and Dr. Aileen Torres at the 2024 APA convention, was nominated as the top poster in the Student Affiliate/APGAS for APA Division 43.                                  >Read More

                            

Dr. Aileen Torres, team alumni Ryan Puebla, and current team coordinator Gladys Martinez presented at the 2024 LMHANJ conference.

Nafin Elias, who graduated in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and minors in Psychology and Sociology, Cum Laude, has been named the 2020 “Outstanding Senior” by the William Paterson University Alumni Association.

WP Psychology Professors and Student-Volunteers Expand Their Weekly Group Therapy Services for Newly Immigrated Youth

Research team member Ed Hernandez received The American Psychological Association (APA) 2024-2025 award for Services for Transition Age Youth (STAY) Fellowship.

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Our research team members presented at the American Psychological Association (APA) annual convention in Washington, D.C.

Our research team members, supervised by Dr. Aileen Torres, received 2020's New jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) Graduate Student Research Award.

Research Team members Christopher Watkins, Avianne Smith-Cordice, and Sekinat Kuku receive Dr. Lawrence Houston Scholarship Awards from NJ ABPsi

Research team member Nicole Guevara was awarded prestigious fellowship from The American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP).

Kimberly Perez-Lucero and Melissa Zea, both entering second year as master’s degree students in clinical and counseling psychology, each received prestigious American Psychological Association (APA) 2022-2023 Minority Fellowship Program awards.

Dr. Aileen Torres received the ‘New Jersey Psychological Association Dr. Stanley Moldawsky Mentor Award’ in 2020.

Angelica Briggs ‘16, who is pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at William Paterson University, has earned a $10,000 fellowship through the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program.

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