Ask an Expert: Module 10

Welcome to Ask an Expert: Learning about Problem Gambling from Researchers, Clinicians, Advocates, and People with Lived Experience. In Module 10: Promoting and Providing Problem Gambling Services to Latinx Communities, you will learn from four experts on the topics of (1) why Hispanic individuals call problem gambling helplines, (2) historical trauma and culturally responsive care for Latinx individuals, (3) impacts of legalized gambling on the Latinx community, and (4) special considerations for Latinx communities in problem gambling prevention and treatment. Module 10 includes 4 videos and a 10-question quiz.

Learners will earn 1.0 hour of continuing education (CE) credit for completing each module, which includes passing a 10-question post-module quiz.

About the Experts

Dr. Mary Cuadrado, PhD, is currently a professor and administrator at Mercy College in New York State. She has been in academia for over 30 years at various universities throughout the United States. Her area of expertise is addictions – including alcohol, drugs, and gambling – with a particular focus on the Hispanic experience. As a Fulbright Scholar, she conducted research on recruitment and retention techniques used among drug and alcohol treatment programs throughout Mexico to learn best practices to reach Hispanics in the United States. She has worked in a variety of settings as an evaluator of addictions treatment programs. She was on the Board of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling for over a decade. Dr. Cuadrado has published in top addictions and criminal justice journals and co-authored the book Traditional Family Values and Substance Abuse.

Dr. Alexia DeLeon, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Program Director at Lewis & Clark College for the Professional Mental Health Counseling – Addictions Specialization program. She was the founding director of Lewis & Clark’s Latino Problem Gambling Services program that launched in 2017 and served over 75 clients in its first year of operation. She has been involved in providing treatment for those impacted by addiction and recovery for many years. Her research interests include the intersection of communities of color and addictions counseling, and more specifically, Latinx families impacted by addiction and recovery, and the experiences of Latina clinical supervisors. Her current clinical work includes working with those impacted by addiction and gambling related issues within Latinx and recovery communities. Dr. DeLeon maintains a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion for Latinx communities seeking mental health services. She believes in healing the soul wound of her ancestors for the next generation by practicing cultural humility and trauma-informed counseling, along with other non-Western healing modalities for indigenous communities. Her clinical work and passion for Latinx wellness aims to transform and heal the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wounds of her ancestors by reconnecting with indigenous healing practices toward a road of recovery, collective empowerment, and liberation.

Mr. Jose Garcia has been the Director of culturally-specific and linguistic services at New Horizons Programs since 2003. He has been in the gambling and addictions field for 27 years. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon. Mr. Garcia is the chair of the Hispanic Advisory Committee for the City of Hermiston, Oregon, where he works with local and state representatives. He has been a member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee on Problem Gambling at the Oregon Health Authority in Salem, Oregon for 14 years.

Ms. Marylin Marquez Beckley, LLP, NCC, is a bilingual Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Washington, DC. She has over nine years of experience offering counseling that focuses on healing and resiliency. Her specialty is in trauma informed care and anxiety related to political violence, immigration, community/gang violence, sexual abuse/assault, violence against women and children, human trafficking, and cybersex trafficking with the Latinx immigrant population and other minority cultures. She earned her Masters of Professional Science degree from the Honors University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and she earned her Masters of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Trinity Washington University.

Continuing Education (CE) credits

• American Psychological Association (APA) – The Division on Addiction is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Division on Addiction maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 1.0 hour of continuing education (CE) credit.
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW) – This program has been approved for 1.0 Social Work Continuing Education hours for re-licensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program, Authorization Number D91244.
• Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC) – The Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment is authorized by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to sponsor, conduct or approve continuing education programs for alcohol and drug counselors/assistants (LADCs). This program offers 1.0 hour of continuing education (CE) credit.
• National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) – This course has been approved by the Division on Addiction, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 continuing education (CE) credit. NAADAC Provider #84058, the Division on Addiction is responsible for all aspects of its programming.
• The Massachusetts Board of Substance Abuse Counselor Certification (MBSACC) – MBSACC does not accredit online trainings but will recognize most online trainings approved by NASW.