National Latinx Psychological Association
Asociación de Psicología Latinx Awardees

Honoring Indigenous Wisdom Community Recognition:

• 2023 - Enlace Chicago
  

Decolonizing Latinx PSY Professional Recognition Award:

• 2023 - Adriana Medrano

Alberto Figueroa-Garcia Award:

• 2022 - Alfonso Mercado and Esteban Cardemil
• 2021 - Dr. Melba J. T. Vazquez
• 2020 - Dr. Patricia Arredondo

 Jeanett Castellanos Mentorship Award:

• 2023 - Hector Y. Adames
• 2022 - Rosalie Corona
• 2021 - Helen Hawley McWhirter
• 2020 - Ana Bridges
• 2019 - Melanie Domenech Rodriguez, PhD

Cynthia de las Fuentes Dissertation Award:

• 2023 - Jacqueline Fuentes
• 2022 - Aldo M. Barrita
• 2021 - Linda Esperanza Guzman
• 2020 - Roberto Rentería
• 2019 - Rebekah Estevez, M.Ed
  
• 2018 - Efren A. Velazquez, Virginia Commonwealth University
• 2016 - Gustavo Bárcenas Jaimez, University of North Texas
• 2014 - Anahí del Carmen Collado, University of Maryland College Park
• 2012 - Brandy Piña-Watson, Texas A& M University
• 2010 - Marina Valdez, University of Oregon
• 2008 - Alejandro Morales, University of Nebraska Lincoln
• 2006 - Theresa Segura-Herrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 2004 - Rachel Navarro, University of Missouri Columbia

NLPA Outstanding Dissertation Award:

• 2023 - Mónica Rodríguez Delgado
• 2022 - Bryan Rojas-Arauz
• 2021 - Cassandra Bailey
• 2020 - Laura Minero-Mesa
• 2019 - Oscar Rojas Perez, Ph.D.
• 2018 - Luz Garcini, Rice University
• 2016 - Cristalís Capielo, University of Georgia
• 2014 - Marlen Kanagui-Muñoz, Kaiser Permanente (Fresco,CA)
• 2012 - Cynthia Eileen Guzmán, Pueblo of Laguna Behavioral Health Services 
• 2010 - Nallely Galván, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
• 2008 - Tiffany Schiffner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Stephen C. Rose Scholarship Award:

• 2023- Aldo M. Barrita
• 2022 - Gabriela Manzo
• 2021 - Mariana Vazquez
• 2020 - Melissa Ertl
• 2019 - Stefanie Martinez-Fuentes, MS
• 2018 - Bryan Rojas-Arauz, M.S, University of Oregon
• 2017 - Thania Galvan, University of Denver
• 2016 - Mercedes Fernández Oromendia, M.A.

Distinguished Student Service Award:

• 2023 - Charmaine Mora-Ozuna
• 2022 - Francisco A. Reinosa Segovia
• 2021 - Aldo M. Barrita
• 2020 - Elizabeth Cardenas-Bautista
• 2019 - Marianne Lopez, BA, and Marlaine Monroig Garcia, M.S.Ed
• 2018 - Laura P. Minero, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 2016 - Jocelyn Meza, University of California, Berkeley
• 2014 - Rebecca Rodriguez, Georgia State University
• 2012 - Elvia Lorena Navarro, New Mexico State University
• 2010 - Dianna Marisol González, New Mexico State University
• 2008 - Henry Acosta, Rutgers School of Social Work
• 2006 - Héctor Adames, Wright State University

Star Vega Distinguished Service Award:

• 2023 - Luz Garcini
• 2022 - Michelle Silva
• 2021 - Daniela G. Dominguez, PsyD
• 2020 - Hector Adames and Nayeli Chavez-Duenas
• 2018 - Cynthia Eileen Guzman, Owl's Wings Consulting & Edil Torres Rivera, South University
• 2016 - Dr. Milton Fuentes, Montclair State University
• 2014 - Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, Clinic for Education, Treatment and Prevention of Addiction (CETA)
• 2012 - Dr. Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Utah State University
• 2010 - Dr. Angela Londoño-McConnell, AK Counseling and Consulting
• 2008 - Dr. Jeanette Castellanos, University of California- Irvine
• 2006 - Dr. Eduardo Morales, California School of Professional Psychology
• 2004 - Dr. Salvador Santiago-Negrón, Universidad Carlos Albizu

Distinguished Professional Early Career Award:

• 2023 - Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez
• 2022 - German Cadenas and Amanda Venga
• 2021 - Dr. Luz Maria Garcini
• 2020 - Miguel Cano
• 2019 - Brandy Pina-Watson, Ph.D.
• 2018 - Alison Cerezo, San Francisco State University
• 2016 - Dr. Ignacio David Acevedo-Polakovich, Michigan State University
• 2014 - Dr. Hector Y. Adames, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• 2012 - Dr. Rachel Navarro, University of North Dakota
• 2010 - Dr. Lisa M. Edwards, Marquette University
• 2008 - Dr. Lisa Flores, University of Missouri, Columbia
• 2008 - Dr. Lisa Sánchez-Johnsen, University of Chicago
• 2006 - Dr. Ed Delgado-Romero, University of Georgia
• 2004 - Dr. Lydia Buki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Distinguished Professional Career Award:

• 2023 - Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueña
• 2022 - Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen
  
• 2020 - Stephen Lopez
• 2018 - Edward Delgado-Romero, University of Georgia
• 2016 - Dr. Guillermo Miguel Arciniega, Arizona State University
• 2014 - Dr. José Toro Alfonso, University of Puerto Rico
• 2012 - Dr. Melba Vasquez, Vasquez & Associates Mental Health Services
• 2010 - Dr. Lillian Comas-Díaz, George Washington University School of Medicine/Transcultural Mental Health Institute
• 2008 - Dr. Azara Santiago-Rivera, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• 2006 - Dr. Guillermo Bernal, University of Puerto Rico
• 2004 - Dr. Patricia Arredondo, Arizona State University

 Distinguished Madrina Recognition for outstanding lifetime achievement:

• 2018 - Dr. Cecilia Jaes Falicov, UC San Diego
• 2016 - Dr. Maritza Gallardo-Cooper, private practice, Florida
• 2016 - Dr. Azara Santiago-Rivera, Merrimack College
• 2014 - Dr. Patricia Arredondo, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• 2014 - Dr. Martha Bernal (posthumously)

Distinguished Padrino Recognition for outstanding lifetime achievement:

• 2018 - Dr. Amado Padillo, Stanford
• 2016 - Dr. Edward A. Delgado-Romero, University of Georgia
• 2016 - Dr. José “Joe” Toro Alfonso (Posthumously), University of Puerto Rico
• 2014 - Dr. René Diaz-Lefebvre, Glendale Community College
• 2014 - Dr. Manuel Ramirez III, University of Texas

Distinguished Elders/Pioneers Recognition:

• 2010 - Lillian Comas-Díaz & Nadya Fouad
• 2008 - J. Manuel Casas, & Marlene D. de Rios
• 2006 - Melba Vasquez & Peter Guarnaccia
• 2004 - J. Manuel Casas, Israel Cuellar, Oliva Espín, & Ena Vázquez Nuttall