Mariela Marin is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist, Teaching Faculty, Director of the Latinx Mental Health Concentration, and a first-generation, bilingual Latinx person dedicated to the work of honoring, healing, empowering, and celebrating community through the promotion of mental health and wellness. Additionally, Mariela is the Executive Director of Community Counseling and Education Center (CCEC), which allows them the opportunity to work not only directly with the community, but also with talented trainees and associates. Prior to that, they have always worked in the nonprofit sector serving abused and neglected children, the LGBTQ community, and monolingual Spanish speakers. They believe in the human spirit and our ability to constantly grow, learn, evolve, and heal with the support we can offer each other and access from our ancestors. They work from a person-centered perspective rooted in liberation psychology to support healing for individuals and communities.