Erica Sandoval
Erica Sandoval is an award-winning mental health practitioner, speaker, executive coach, entrepreneur, podcaster, philanthropist, and author of Latinx/e in Social Work, published in both English and Spanish. Latinx/e in Social Work received honorable mention at the 24th annual International Latin Book and Film Awards. Latinx/e in Social Work, Volume II will be released on October 5, 2022. Most recently, she is the founder and CEO of Sandoval Psychotherapy Consulting – known as Sandoval CoLab – where she oversees a team of social workers and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion work for organizations, universities, health care facilities, medical and corporate professionals. Erica began her career in the music industry before pivoting to social work, which led her spending seven years as an advocate for children and families at the New York City Hospital for Special Surgery and working at the Make-A-Wish Metro and Western New York. During the pandemic, Erica opened her own private psychotherapy practice and has expanded her work as a trained Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist. KAP is a holistic breakthrough approach to an awakened mind and healing trauma and depression.
The recipient of many awards, Erica was recognized by Prospanica-NY with the 2021 Top Latinx Leaders, Social Justice award, and the Make-A-Wish gave Erica the 2018 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation award at the national conference. She was a contributing author to Today’s Inspired Latina, Volume X, and was recently named New York Socia of Latina Empire, a personal and business development coaching program.
In 2020, Erica became the first immigrant Latina president of the National Association of Social Workers’ New York City chapter and is now the chapter’s President Emeritus. Erica is a philanthropist and a donor to the Latino Social Work Coalition and Scholarship Fund. Erica was most recently recognized as a Latino Leader on the radar by Latino Leaders in Action. As a proud immigrant from Ecuador, her passion is fueled by supporting the community she is a part of and their children. Her greatest pride is being a single mother and raising her 22-year-old daughter, Isabella, whom she considers her biggest teacher.
She holds an associate’s degree from the Borough of Manhattan Community College, a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College, and a master’s in social work from the New York University Silver School of Social Work.
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LinkedIn: Erica Priscilla Sandoval, LCSW
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