Lourdes Calzada-Santacruz, M.A., LMFT, NCC, is a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at Oregon State University and the proud daughter of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist serving as a school-based therapist and Mental Health Professional Lead for the Washoe County School District, where she provides trauma-informed, bilingual care to adolescents and families. Lourdes serves as Instructor of Record for the master's-level Counseling Practicum course (CEP 651) at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is the Nevada Co-Chair for the Western Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (WAMCD). She is the co-founder of Acá Entre Nos, a community initiative dedicated to destigmatizing mental health care among Latinx populations, through which she serves as a twice-monthly guest on Juan 101.7 FM in Reno, NV. Her dissertation applies topic modeling and computational methods to examine trauma recovery and emotional expression in online communities. Lourdes is passionate about the intersection of cultural identity, advocacy, and counselor education.