b'WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 31I am an underserved populationhomes for children with significant trauma histories that gets the opportunity to excel inand interning under a school adjustment counselor higher education thanks to fundingin a Brockton elementary school. Emily is passionate about advocating for people with disabilities. She like this scholarship. Thank you forcurrently works as a Lead Direct Care Assistant in a opening this door for me, I literallygroup home. She aspires to gain clinical competency would not be here today if it had notin working with diverse populations including been the case. children with emotional, social, developmental, and intellectual disabilities and broaden her knowledge Denisse Ochoa of multiculturalism. Her goal is to be a licensed October 2021 CMGMH Newsletterschool psychologist. children and adolescents in low-income BIPOCI think social justice for people communities. She is interested in improvingwith disabilities is under-psychologys practice towards underrepresentedacknowledged within our society. and diverse populations, including serving refugees and asylum seekers, and she is passionate about theEmily Rowland recruitment and retention of BIPOC students inOctober 2021 CMGMH Newsletterhigher education. Ultimately, she dreams of opening a community center to provide free and low-costDELORA SUTTONmental health services to underserved populationsin overlooked locations. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, PSYD, CONCENTRATIONS IN AFRICAN & CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGYJANELLE RIDLEY Delora Sutton is a registered Dance/Movement ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, MA,Therapist who started her career developing and CONCENTRATION IN GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH implementing home based behavioral interventions Janelle Ridley previously worked for Boston Publicfor at risk youth and their families. She holds Schools (BPS) as the Coordinator for System- a Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Dance Therapy from Involved Youth and currently works in the BostonMeredith College (a degree she created to combine Mayors Office. She is an expert in identifying andsubjects shes passionate about, Psychology and implementing services to aid youth transitioningDance) and a Master of Arts in Dance/Movement from detention back to BPS. She seeks to fosterTherapy & Counseling from Antioch University New educational equity and dismantle the School toEngland. Her work as a Dance/Movement Therapist Prison Pipeline.in a forensic setting at Napa State Hospital, and willingness to speak on racial and social justice EMILY ROWLAND matters, earned her a seat on a statewide Racial Justice and Equity committee. Delora is interested SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY, MA/CAGS, CONCENTRATIONin researching the stigma around mental health IN AFRICAN & CARIBBEAN MENTAL HEALTH services and Black Christian churches. She wants Emily Rowland majored in psychology and minoredto continue advocating for mental health services in political science at Stonehill College. Her clinicalto underserved communities as well as individuals experience includes working in residential groupinvolved in the criminal justice system.'