About
Dr. Minero graduated with her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her Predoctoral Clinical Psychology internship at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Stress, Trauma and Resilience clinic. Dr. Minero is the first-year LGBTQ+ Youth Trauma, Resilience and Community Education Post-doctoral Fellow within the Division of Population Behavioral Health. She provides LGBTQ+-affirming care to youth, young adults, and their families and supervises advanced trainees on the provision of clinical care through the EMPWR program. Dr. Minero has experience working with LGBTQ+, Latinx, and immigrant populations in clinical, advocacy, supervisory and teaching settings. As a social justice researcher, Dr. Minero examines how policy impacts the lived experiences of undocumented immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities to identify how to better-serve these populations through more inclusive implementation of policy and distribution of services.
