Patricia Arredondo, EdD
Well-known for her work in multicultural counseling.
Martha E. Bernal, PhD
Helped establish the National Hispanic Psychological Association and later served as its second president.
Glorisa J. Canino, PhD
Canino is a professor at the School of Medicine, department of pediatrics, and the director of the Behavioral
Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine.
Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD
Comas-Díaz began at APA in 1984 as the director of the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs. She also played a pivotal role in creating Div. 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues.
Edward Delgado-Romero, PhD
Delgado-Romero has written extensively in the field of counseling psychology and in multicultural
psychology, specifically Latina/o psychology.
Milton Fuentes, PsyD
Founding member and former president of the Latino Psychological Association of New Jersey, and the
2013 past president of the National Latino Psychological Association.
Carlos Albizu Miranda, PhD
Miranda became one of the first Hispanics to earn a doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Purdue
University in West Lafayette, Ind.
Marie Lucia Miville, PhD
Miville's research interests focus on identifying needs and perceptions of international students; attitudes toward gay and lesbian students, Arab-Americans and students with disabilities; and racial and gender differences in college retention.
Esteban L. Olmedo, PhD
Became the first director of the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs at the American Psychological
Association headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Carmen Inoa Vazquez, PhD, ABPP
One of New York City's most prominent Latina psychologists with more than 25 years of clinical and teaching experience working with both bilingual and monolingual families.
Ena Vazquez-Nuttall, EdD
Well respected for her various contributions to multicultural psychology and school psychology throughout her lifetime.
George I. Sánchez
Educational Psychologist who is known as the “Father of Chicano Psychology” and as a pioneer in
American educational scholarship and civil rights activism.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD
Physician, author, and researcher who practices neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He began life in poverty and emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico.
Elsa Salazar Cade, MA
Science teacher whose focus is on multicultural education and education of economically disadvantaged and
emotionally disabled students.
John Garcia, PhD
Research Psychologist who focused on taste aversion learning.
Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Neuroscientist whose original pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain have led to his being designated by many as the father of modern neuroscience.