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The NBCC Foundation (NBCCF) is pleased to announce the 2024 fellowship recipients for the NBCCF Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). Ninety-five Fellows were selected from over 490 applicants to represent three cohorts of Fellows: doctoral-level mental health counseling, master’s-level mental health counseling, and master’s-level addictions counseling.

 

Congratulations to our 2024 MFP Fellows! 

 

 

2024 MFP Mental Health Counseling Doctoral Fellows

Allison Joyal, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Bonnie Kuo, University of the Cumberlands

Brian Wesley Harrington, University of Mississippi

Chalayna Landers, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Charisse Bordeaux, Adams State University

Dantavious Hicks, Ohio State University

Diane Rodriguez, Virginia Commonwealth University

Jael Mahasi, University of the Cumberlands

Jakara Scurry, North Carolina State University

Jasmine Reynolds, Tennessee Technological University

Kelci Ellis, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Kortnie Parks, The George Washington University

Maudeline Clervoix-Frank, North Carolina A&T State University

Melanie Calhoun, Georgia State University

Mphatso Khoza, Oregon State University

Nancy Lee, Adams State University

Nicholas DeJesus, University of the Cumberlands

Olivia Fadul, University of New Mexico

Sara Ahmed, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Tamara Makki, University of Central Florida

 

2024 MFP Mental Health Counseling Master’s Fellows

Amber Blount, University of Central Florida

Ameena Igram, Cleveland State University

Andrea King, University of Missouri–St. Louis

Ariel Vaughan, Oklahoma State University

Azza Elrefaey, University of North Texas

Beatriz Moreno, Florida Atlantic University

Dan Asante, University of West Georgia

Debby Perez, Seminary of the Southwest

DC Constant, Florida Gulf Coast University

Gabrielle Cardenas, University of North Texas

Hanan Qasem, Marymount University

Jerome West, Winebrenner Theological Seminary

Joe Mireles, University of Wyoming

Kennay Carpenter, Clark Atlanta University

Laura Enciso, Lipscomb University

Lujein Alkreidi, Portland State University

Luke Zimmerman, California State University–Sacramento

Madison Hales, Marquette University

Markita James, Central Connecticut State University

Mayumi Suzuki, Seattle University

Miguel Arellano Sanchez, Oregon State University

Miles Medina, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Moises Franco, California State University–Fullerton

Natalie Hernandez, Kean University

Nathan Barrow, Mercer University

Rozelle Gipson, Walden University

Shawn Gaines, University of New Orleans

Shirin Podury, The George Washington University

Tanisha Hanson, Seattle University

Ty Wilson, Liberty University

Yajaira Barraza Morales, University of Colorado Denver

Yohannes Girma, Bowie State University

 

2024 MFP Addictions Counseling Fellows

Alianna Cedillo, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Amanda Lawrence, Colorado Christian University

Amanda Shin, Westminster University

Ana Villazon, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Annie Vang, Metropolitan State University

Austin Thompson, Boise State University

Avery Jorgenson, Adler University

Baron Bradley, Columbia International University

Beverly Wooden, Texas Tech University

Brooke Nutt, Liberty University

Bryn Winegar, Boise State University

Cleveland Artis, Bowie State University

Courtney Weinrich, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School

Daniel Cochran, Boise State University

David Haley, Texas A&M University–Commerce

Fermi Smith, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School

Jacob Perkins, Virginia Tech

Jelissa Thomas, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Jennifer Fukuda, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School

Jessica Ploen, University of Nebraska Omaha

Julia Mague, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Kate Frick, Washburn University

Kisha Foster, Grand Canyon University

Kristen Olivarez, Seminary of the Southwest

La Tonya Brown, Indiana Wesleyan University

Landon Forrest, Capella University

Lily Archuleta, Boise State University

Macary Humphrey, University of Oklahoma

Maddie Olson, University of Wisconsin–Stout

Mark Eubanks, Metropolitan State University

Meghan Rickelman, Boise State University

Meredith Morse, North Carolina Central University

Michael Collins, University of Detroit Mercy

Monique Cherrier, Metropolitan State University

Orlando Vargas, Liberty University

Ro Soto De Frias, Rutgers University

Roxanne Powell, Washburn University

Rue Ether, Metropolitan State University

Sarah Mendonca, Montana State University

Shamiracle Bridges, North Carolina Central University

Tracey Manyani, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Tracy Snyder, Walden University

Yvonne Rivera, Montclair State University

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