The author was born in Lima Perú, came to the United States in 1975. Educational Background: (1975-1979) Southwestern College . Winfield, Kansas -BA in Psychology/Social Work. (1983-1985) Fordham University-Graduate School of Social Work (MSW). (1997-2002) Yeshiva University-WWSSW Ph.D. Professional Experience: (1985-1989) Psychiatric Social Worker at Puerto Rican Family Institute-Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, , Bronx, New York. (1989-2013) Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (presently Bronx Care Health System), ER (adults/pediatric), ICU/CCU, Medical Surgical, and Neonatal Units. (1989-present) In private psychotherapy practice at Queens Neuro Psychiatric Institute, Queens, New York. (2010), Flushing Hospital Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic. (2010- to present), Community Counseling Services, Long Island, New York. Publications: (2002) The Social Worker in the Emergency Room-Doctoral Dissertation. Yeshiva University-WWSSW. (2018) La Intervención del Trabajador Social en el Centro Hospitalario-Retos para la Profesión. (2019) Hospital Social Work Interventions. (2021) A Biographical Reflection of Being a Latin American Clinical Social Worker in the United States. Author of several articles in English and Spanish about Covid-19 coronavirus. Guest speaker at several International Conferences of Social Work in: Perú, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, México. Awards: (2010), "The Best Social Worker" from the Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (2017) "Award of Excellence in Social Work" from La Organización Internacional de Trabajo Social (OITS) in Santiago-Chile
