National Latina/o Psychological Association Asociación de Psicología Latina

Awardees

Cynthia de las Fuentes Dissertation Award:

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:

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:

2016 - Mercedes Fernández Oromendia, M.A.

Distinguished Student Service Award:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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