Dr. Cisneros is a faculty member in the Counselor Education program, specializing in Mental Health, School and Career Counseling. Dr. Cisneros started his counseling career as a Professional School Counselor in an alternative high school in North Sacramento. He is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and National Board Certified (NCC) bilingual, strength-based counselor. Prior to working in Higher Education he served as Coordinator of Mental Health for the Sacramento County Office of Education. Previously he served as the Coordinator of Sacramento City Unified Connect Center, a central hub that provides access to social, emotional, and mental health needs of students’ district wide. In this role he coordinated District wide LGBTQ+ affirmative services, trainings and assists in highlighting support services needed for LGBTQ+ Youth. Dr. Cisneros also worked as a School Counselor in elementary and secondary settings for Twin Rivers Unified School District and Gateway Charter Schools where he received the Certificated Educator of the year award. Dr. Cisneros has extensive experience working with diverse communities from different ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds including youth, families, adults, adolescents and the LGBTQ community. Dr. Cisneros obtained his PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision and Oregon State. His research was focused on the LGBTQ+ coming out process as well as utilizing corpus linguistics and films to navigate the transgender transition process. In addition, he has published research focused on Anti-racist mentorship strategies in Counselor Education. Finally, Dr. Cisneros was awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship (MFP) Award in 2016 as a Masters student and again as a NBCC (MFP) Doctoral awarded student in 2020.