The Latinx/e In Social Work Podcast
The Latinx In Social Work Podcast is a show calling awareness to racism, bias, and discrimination felt by Latinx social workers. By sharing personal narratives from social workers within the LatinX community, our goal is to undo the injustice and guide others to note where they exist.
Episodes
66 episodes
Cafe y Charla Series: Stereotypes, Stigma, And Cultural Assimilation with Rosita L. Marinez, MS-NPL, ADV-CSW, MSW, SIFI
We are bringing our inspirational and thought provoking series Cafè y Charla to the podcast. On today’s episode Erica welcomes Rosita L. Marinez, MS-NPL, ADV-CSW, MSW, SIFI to talk about Stereotypes, intercultural stigma, and assimilation.<...
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Cafe y Charla Series: Intergenerational trauma & Cultural Stigma with Erica Sandoval, LCSW and Jean Carlos Osorio LCSW-R, CDBT, SIFI
We are bringing our inspirational and thought provoking series Cafè y Charla to the podcast. On today’s episode Erica welcomes Jean Carlos Osorio to talk about his journey in mental health and his career, answering questions for up and coming s...
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Meeting the Authors of Volume 3 : Natalie Gutierrez, LMSW
It's time to meet the amazing authors, social workers, and human beings that make up LatinX in Social Work Volume 3. On today's episode Erica chats with Natalie Gutierrez, LMSW. Natalie talks about her trauma, her family and how it all lead to ...
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Meeting the Authors of Volume 3 - Jaran David Manzanet, MSW
It's time to meet the amazing authors, social workers, and human beings that make up LatinX in Social Work Volume 3. On today's episode Erica chats with Jaran David Manzanet, MSW. Jeran talks about growing up in The Bronx, the expectations of m...
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Meeting the Authors of Volume 3 - Sandra N. Crespo, LICSW
It's time to meet the amazing authors, social workers, and human beings that make up LatinX in Social Work Volume 3. On today's episode Erica chats with Sandra N. Crespo, LICSW. Sandra talks about her life with ADHD and being Neurospicy! She re...
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Meeting the Authors of Volume 3 - Byanka Ramos, LCSW
It's time to meet the amazing authors, social workers, and human beings that make up LatinX in Social Work Volume 3. On today's episode Erica chats with Byanka Ramos, LMSW. Hear about Byanka's road to becoming a school social worker while growi...
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Meeting the Authors of Volume 3 - Arlys Tineo, BSW, LMSW
It's time to meet the amazing authors, social workers, and human beings that make up LatinX in Social Work Volume 3. On today's episode Erica chats with Arlys Tineo, BSW, LMSW. Hear about what led Arlys to become a social worker and the impact ...
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Cafe y Charla Series : Microaggression, resilience, and mentorship with Erica Sandoval and Laudy Burgos, LCSW-R
We are bringing our inspirational and thought provoking series Cafè y Charla to the podcast. On today’s episode Erica talks about Microaggressions, resilience, and mentorships with Laudy Burgos, LCSW-R and share their personal experiences and s...
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Cafe y Charla Series : Intergenerational Trauma in the LatinX community with Erica Sandoval
We are bringing our inspirational and thought provoking series Cafè y Charla to the podcast. On today’s episode Erica talks about intergenerational trauma and shares her personal experiences and shares some excerpts from LatinX in Social Work V...
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Showing up for others and yourself! | Catherine Moore
Erica speaks to Catherine Moore, LCSW, host of the “Social Workers Rise! Podcast.” They talk about how being a social worker affects your professional and personal lives, how people care for themselves in their personal time, and balancing your...
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A mental health journey to maximize your potential | Dr. Peter Rios
Erica speaks to Dr. Peter Rios, about his upbringing, the importance of authenticity and identity in community and mental health professions. He talks about his journey with mental health, his childhood, relationship, and struggles tha...
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Licensing exam reform, and the path to social work | Luisa Lopez, Jessica Mitchell, and Xai Yang (Social Workers for Justice)
Erica speaks to a panel of social workers (Social Workers for Justice) about what needs to be done to give more opportunities for representation in communities of color in the social work space. Including what can be done to make testing and...
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Realizing Your Worth: Taking the first steps towards your goals | Jean Carlos Osorio, LCSW-R, CDBT, SIFI
Erica talks to Jean Carlos Osorio about his journey to being a mental health professional, a business owner, and author. Check out how Jean Carlos’ journey led him to help the Latinx/a/o/ community and get passed his own doubts to make h...
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Priority: YOU. Taking care of our mental health! | Claudia M. Boyle
Erica talks to Claudia M. Boyle about her journey from Columbia to the U.S. to fulfill her dream of becoming a licensed mental health counselor and the support Claudia’s family and community provided her to succeed and become a CEO at the Hispa...
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Planting the Seeds of Hope
Our special guest interviewer, Pilar O. Bonilla, MSW, has questions for our host Erica Sandoval! Find out all about Erica’s journey to becoming a social worker, creating the “Latinx/e In Social Work” book series, “Sandoval Colab,” and the new n...
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Marianismo: The Cultural Expectations of Latino Women | Dr. Carolyn Peguero Spencer & Dr. Damary M. Bonilla-Rodriguez
Erica joins some amazing doctors to have a conversation about “Marianismo”, or the expectation that women have to serve and sacrifice for others before themselves.What is MarianismoMarianismo in Modern Culture...
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An Honest Discussion On Infertility | Luisa Lopez, Laudy Burgos, and Dr. Claudia Marchetti
Erica joins some amazing mental health professionals to have an honest discussion about infertility, family building and mental health. The emotions you go through trying to build a familyStigma of inf...
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Latinx/e In Social Work Authors Then and Now | Madeline Maldonado, LCSW-R
Erica is catching up with Latinx/e In Social Work Volume 1 authors to find out what has changed since the release of the book, and what they are doing currently. Today we caught up with one of our first guest, Madeline Maldonado, licensed clini...
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Latinx/e In Social Work Authors Then and Now Series | Paula McMillan-Perez
Erica is catching up with Latinx/e In Social Work Volume 1 authors to find out what has changed since the release of the book, and what they are doing currently. Today we caught up with Paula McMillan-Perez, licensed clinical social worker, psy...
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Suicide Prevention Awareness Conversation with the Hispanic Federation
This is a recording of an amazing conversation with Erica Sandoval, members of the Sandoval Collab ( Tiffany Hervas, LMSW, Jessica Ramirez, LMSW, Monika Estrada Guzman, BSW, LMSW, SIFI) and the Hispanic Federation. This ep...
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Ecuadorian Social Workers connect | Mariana Lopez and Stacey Ruiz
Our guest today are Mariana Lopez Bio:After more than 15 years as a social worker, in December 2022, Mariana Lopez founded Centro Comunitario Hispano, a nonprofit that promotes Latinx families' growth and comprehensive...
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Maintaining Healthy Habits & Breaking Unhelpful Ones | Stephanie Sorady
Our guest today is Stephanie Sorady!Stephanie Sorady is a licensed clinical social worker and writer who is passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health topics. She uses her personal and professional experiences to create engagi...
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Illnesses Happen to People | Meredith Hemphill, LCSW-R, DSW & Abigail Nathanson, LCSW, DSW, APHSW-C, ACS
Our guests today are:Meredith Hemphill, LCSW-R, DSW (she/her/hers) works as a Clinical Director and Director of Community Relations at City Center Psychotherapy in New York City. She teaches within the social work programs ...
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Decolonizing our Mindset: Ancestral Wisdom in contemporary times | Andrea Lucio
Our guest today is Andrea Lucio! She is a cultural researcher. Her research focuses oncommunication and language access as cultural categories. In 2017, she started a project called Carishina. Carishina provides cultural education through t...
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Hispanic Federation: Taking Hispanic Causes to Heart in the Community | Mario Lugo
Our guest today is Maria Lugo! She is a dedicated advocate for health equity, holds the position of Senior Director for Health Initiatives at Hispanic Federation. With more than 18 years of experience, she has channeled her passion and expertis...
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