About Emily

I am an LCSW in the state of Texas with nearly a decade of experience in the social work field. I worked with the aging population as a case manager and service coordinator, and completed my MSW practicum at a residential treatment center for teenagers in foster care. I’ve been a private practice therapist for the past few years.

I recognize that shared identit(ies) might be an important factor in choosing a therapist. I am a gender non-conforming white Latine of the Honduran diaspora who has lived with chronic illness. I was raised in Texas, listening to José José and Patsy Cline, eating sopa de frijoles and chicken fried steak. I am an activist and take particular interest in abolition and immigration/migration justice.

I grew up hearing stories about my mom’s work as a social worker in Honduras. As a teenager, my mom invited me to join a medical brigade in the outskirts of Tegucigalpa to provide medical care to impoverished communities. This experience awakened my social conscience and desire to work in direct service.

As a social worker, I am a strong advocate and feel passionately about uplifting voices that are often repressed. I became a therapist because I find so much meaning in human connection and the creative ways we heal ourselves and our communities. I know from personal experience how life changing embodied healing can be. Facilitating and witnessing this transformation in others is incredibly rewarding.

I’ve lived in Austin for over ten years enjoying the hill country and large bodies of water. Outside of the therapy room, you might find me gabbing with my friends, thrifting and antiquing, politically organizing with other healers, reading and writing, practicing tarot, or watching horror movies with my spouse and our cats!