GROWING HEALTHY MINDS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2026 | JUNE 11 | VIRTUAL
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GROWING HEALTHY MINDS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM 2026 | June 11 | VIRTUAL
9-11 AM
Michael Gomez, Ph.D., has held multiple positions in the field of mental health. He was previously on staff at Bradley Hospital, Lifespan Institute, one of the teaching hospitals for the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Dr. Gomez was also previously director of the Adversity and Resilience Community Center (ARCC), a child trauma behavioral health clinic in the West Texas area where he was also Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech University Psychological Sciences; the Texas Tech University College of Education; and the TTUHSC School of Nursing. He was previously faculty at the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect/Child Study Center Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the OU Health and Sciences Center in Oklahoma City.
12 pm - 2pm
Adriana Cuestas, PsyD is Colombian, bilingual (Spanish/English) licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Cuestas is CA-CIFECMH Endorsed as an Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and as a Reflective Practice Mentor. She is a graduate fellow and faculty member of the Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship, in Napa, CA, through UC Davis and adjunct faculty at The Reiss-Davis Graduate School for the doctorate program in Psychodynamic Child Psychology and Psychotherapy.
Dr. Cuestas is the author of the children’s book “Violet’s first big goodbye”, co-authored with her daughter, also available in Spanish “Violeta y su primer gran adiós”. Dr. Cuestas serves the board of the California Association for Infant Mental Health CalAIMH as the president-elect. Currently, Dr. Cuestas is the Director of Early Childhood Mental Health Clinical Services at Allies for Every Child where she co-developed and co-directs the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program, oversees the delivery of early childhood mental health services, advances transdisciplinary consultation and reflective practice, and strengthens/develops partnerships with other agencies in the community
