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The NBCC Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 fellowship recipients for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). Ninety fellows were selected from over 450 applicants to represent three cohorts of fellows: master’s-level mental health counseling, doctoral-level mental health counseling, and master's-level addictions counseling.   

The goals of the program are to strengthen the infrastructure that engages diverse individuals in counseling and increase the number of professional counselors providing effective, culturally competent services to underserved and never-served populations. Each fellow will receive funds to support their education as well as training, mentorship, and professional development services.   

The NBCC MFP is made possible by a grant awarded to the NBCC Foundation by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the NBCC Foundation also collaborates with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, to administer the addictions counseling fellowship program.   

Congratulations to our 2021 MFP Fellows!

2021 MFP Master’s Mental Health Counseling ($10,000 Fellowship)   

• Mahera Badat, Seattle University 
• Dorian Banks, Walden University 
• Shani Banks, George Washington University 
• Willie Borkai, Rhode Island College 
• Gary Conachan, Portland State University
• Ruth Cuevas, College of William & Mary 
• Kara Erickson, Montana State University - Bozeman 
• Lauren Flannery, Roosevelt University 
• Phalguni Freeman, Palo Alto University 
• Connie Gago, Liberty University 
• Guillermo Garcia, San Francisco State University 
• Vera Godoy Reyes, University of Colorado Denver 
• Dominique Harrington, George Washington University 
• Eliza Jane Harris, Appalachian State University 
• Teshauna Isaac, Spring Arbor University 
• Michaela James, Bushnell University 
• Arrianna Kennedy, Marquette University 
• Virginia Moore, Walden University 
• Patricia Nicholson, Portland State University 
• Corrine Nightingale, Portland State University 
• Robert Ocampo, University of Florida 
• Ashabi Owagboriaye, Roosevelt University 
• Jennifer Owens, Wilmington University 
• Alina Quintana, California State University, Sacramento 
• Tihira Ruffin, The Chicago School for Professional Psychology 
• Amber Slaughter, The University of Alabama  
• Carla Vargas, California State University Fullerton 
• Shabiroon Vereen, Western Connecticut State University 
• Lauren Walker, Northwestern University 
• Jada Young, Brooklyn College, CUNY
   

2021 MFP Doctoral Mental Health Counseling ($20,000 Fellowship)

• Jasmaine Ataga, University of Florida 
• Guy Beauduy, Montclair State University 
• LaTisha Brown, North Carolina State University 
• Kervins Clement, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
• Pamela Fullerton, Governors State University 
• Brook Fulton, George Washington University 
• Diana Gallardo, The Pennsylvania State University 
• Brittany Glover, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte 
• Kyesha Isadore, The Pennsylvania State University 
• Alice Mills Mai, University of the Cumberlands 
• Claudia Nguyen, George Washington University 
• Dhruvi Patel, The University of Texas at San Antonio 
• Zori Paul, University of Missouri–St. Louis 
• Giscard Petion, Georgia State University 
• Judith Preston, Old Dominion University 
• Adrianne Robertson, Georgia State University 
• Tobias Robertson, University of Holy Cross 
• Loretta Sanchez, University of the Cumberlands 
• Reyna Smith, University of the Cumberlands 
• Warren Wright, Sam Houston State University 

2021 MFP Addictions Counseling ($15,000 Fellowship)

• Riley Anderson, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi 
• Kathryn Archer, Lipscomb University 
• Sheila Atwater, Grand Canyon University 
• Ryan Austin, University of North Georgia 
• Mariela Castillo Garcia, Metropolitan State University of Denver 
• Julia Claborn, University of the Cumberlands 
• N'Dea Coleman, North Carolina Central University 
• Angelica Crimmins, Lewis & Clark College 
• Daniel Divine, University of Texas at San Antonio 
• Velvet Divine, Montclair State University 
• Desiree Falkowski, Marquette University 
• Brittany Fields, Xavier University 
• Kayla Fields, East Carolina University 
• Hilary Flint, East Carolina University 
• Erika Franklin, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 
• Sophia Gaffney, Seattle University 
• Elizabeth Haarberg, University of Nebraska-Kearney 
• Amrita Heer, Seattle University 
• Raquel Hightower, Capella University 
• Thanh Hoang, Lewis & Clark College 
• Tiffnii Hughes, Liberty University 
• Domonique Kent, Marquette University 
• Brian Kim, Tarleton State University 
• Aspen Mares-Toledo, Metropolitan State University of Denver 
• Eduardo Medina, Jr., Seattle University 
• Eva Melendez, Indiana Wesleyan University 
• Ericka Morrison, Western Kentucky University 
• Ryn Prestia Schear, Lewis & Clark College 
• Lori Price, University of Phoenix 
• Marchita Pridget, Coppin State University 
• Angus Raymond, Adler University 
• Lina Rios, East Carolina University 
• Alexis Rutledge, Columbus State University 
• Ruha Sabeti, Grand Canyon University 
• Megan Shea, Appalachian State University 
• Samantha Singh, Lewis & Clark College 
• Noah Stein, University of Denver 
• Claire Sutton, Liberty University 
• Pamela Waters, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 
• Alvoid Yokum, Walden University 

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