Sahian Cruz

Email: sacruz3@wisc.edu

Sahian Cruz

Biography

Sahian Cruz is a doctoral student in the School Psychology area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She is a first-generation college student and a second-generation Mexican immigrant. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2020, where she studied psychology and French. Sahian’s research interests include Latine adolescent mental health, culturally centering family engagement in schools, ancestral healing in interventions, and Liberation Psychology. In her clinical work, Sahian is passionate about providing culturally congruent services to Latine children and adolescents. She is also a member of the inaugural cohort of the Esperanza Bilingual Psychological Services Certificate.