Miquela Rivera, Ph.D.

• Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces

• Ford Foundation Fellow

• Doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

• Clinical psychology internship at the Los Angeles Psychiatric Service/Didi Hirsch Mental Health Center in Culver City, California.

• Director of Consultation and Education at La Frontera Center, a comprehensive mental health agency in Tucson, Arizona.

• Psychologist with Contact, Inc, Arizona’s then-largest employee assistance program.

• Private practice in Tucson, Arizona

• Appointed to Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners by Governor Bruce Babbitt.

• In private practice in Albuquerque.

• Appointed to the New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners by Governor Gary Johnson.

• Weekly columnist with the Tucson Citizen newspaper over 16 years.

• Authored The Minority Career Book (Bob Adams Publishers, 1991).

• Deputy Director of Early Care (Early Childhood Services) for the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department where she administered and oversaw three state government bureaus and three programs funding early childhood services statewide.

• Provides training and technical assistance to Head Start early child development programs in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle.

• Continues to write freelance publications focusing on self-help/personal growth, early childhood education and Latino issues.

• Married; one daughter.