ECHO Clinical Consultation Program:
Latine Mental Health
Increasing Evidence-Based Practice Capacity in Latine Mental Health Care
Join us on Fridays from 12-1:30PM
To register for our upcoming sessions and to stay in the loop of all our ECHO programming, join the La Mesita Network!
Too often, clinicians in NC serving the Latine community find themselves isolated and limited in their access to the latest knowledge and best practices.
As part of El Futuro’s wider Latine Mental Health Provider Network, La Mesita, our Project ECHO initiative will help mental health and primary care providers across the state receive expert case consultations and access to the latest research through the power of video consultation.
Moving knowledge, not patients:
- Through El Futuro’s ECHO initiative, providers will gain capacity to deliver best practices in mental healthcare for Latines. This allows clients across the state to receive the best care from their local providers.
- Reduced provider stress/isolation + increased knowledge/capacity = improved client health outcomes
What does an El Futuro TeleECHO session look like?
- Content based on a series model where we focus on a diagnosis or social issue in Latine mental health
- Sessions are 40% didactic, 60% collaborative case consultation
- Topics such as assessment, evidence-based practices in adult and adolescent treatment and psychopharmocology are discussed
- An open, non-judgmental learning environment!
We’ll see you in 2024!
Our 2023 ECHO season is done, but that doesn’t mean you’ll have to miss out on La Mesita programming. This fall, our team will be participating in:
- A panel on supporting Latine mental health in schools
- A webinar on treating eating disorders in the Latine community
- Three different national conferences, in Seattle, Chicago, & Atlanta
- Focus groups to improve our programming for the new year
- & more!
Want to stay in the loop about upcoming La Mesita programming? Join the La Mesita network for free here.
Upcoming El Futuro TeleECHO sessions
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Accommodations:
Please reach out to lamesita@elfuturo-nc.org to let us know if you need accommodations at least 2 weeks prior to a session. We will work to the best of our abilities to fulfill all accommodation requests.
Behaviors and/or Comments of Concern Policy
We have carefully modeled the environment around our learning activities to be one characterized by mutual collegiality, kindness, and a commitment to constant learning. This environment allows for providers of all disciplines, regardless of their level of experience, to feel comfortable in taking part in and benefiting from our programming. It is our hope that all La Mesita members will join us in preserving this environment we have cultivated over the years through your participation across our programming.
Please reach out to us with any concerns or with questions regarding our policies at lamesita@elfuturo-nc.org.
Thank you to Wake AHEC for providing continuing education credits for our ECHO consultations!
Alvely Alcántara, LCSW
Rossy C. Garcia, MEd 
Katy Sims, MD 
Everardo Aviles, LCSW, LCAS (Eve)
As a medical anthropologist and social work researcher, Dr. Gulbas’ research embodies interdisciplinarity through the integration of applied theories of health and human development with qualitative and ethnographic methodologies. Her work seeks to understand how people—children, families, and providers—navigate complex sociocultural landscapes in the pursuit of mental health. Most of her work, to date, focuses attention on developing more robust interpretations of suicide risk. With funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, this body of research has contributed to advancements in theoretical and empirical knowledge of the broader contexts within which youth suicide risk is situated. 
R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is a developmental psychologist and an assistant professor of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the principal investigator of a study that examines the impact of immigration-related threat and stress on school communities. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University and hold a BA in human biology from Stanford University. Dr. Barajas-Gonzalez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a first gen college student.
Dr. Parra-Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHSSW) at the University of Texas at Austin. At the SHSSW, he serves as Coordinator for Mexico and Latin American initiatives. He also serves as Area Director for Research at the UT Austin Latino Research Institute. Dr. Parra-Cardona’s program of research is focused on the cultural adaptation of evidence-based parenting interventions for low-income Latinx populations in the US and Latin America.
Bianka Reese, PhD, MSPH is a research scientist and program evaluator specializing in adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her previous research in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her work as the Research and Evaluation Manager at SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led largescale evaluations of multilevel, community-based sexual health promotion initiatives and research projects aimed at elevating the voices of diverse youth in North Carolina. Dr. Reese is currently the Senior Research Strategist at Creative Research Solutions, LLC, an award-winning national evaluation, research, and assessment firm.
Tania Connaughton-Espino, MPH is an independent researcher focused on adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health. Her interest in the experiences of Latinx LGBTQ+ youth stems from her previous work with SHIFT NC (Sexual Initiatives For Teens), where she led the training and evaluation department, conducted capacity-building workshops for youth serving professionals including on the topic of how to be more affirming of LGBTQ youth, and from her extensive experience working with the Latinx population in NC.
Maru Gonzalez, EdD is an Assistant Professor and Youth Development Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at North Carolina State University. Her areas of inquiry include youth development with a focus on activism, social justice, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ young people across familial, school, and community contexts. 
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD
Hector Y. Adames, PsyD