I was born in Mexico City and raised in Cuernavaca, Morelos. As a child, when I wasn’t on the soccer field, I was dreaming on the basketball court. My diet growing up consisted of, but was not limited to, Lucas, Miguelito, and Chamoy. After graduating from high school, I moved to San Antonio, the city where I became a serious Spurs basketball fan and studied psychology. Today, I am an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco, a lover of Inca and Xoloitzcuintle dogs, and a proud godmother known by her niece and nephew as “nina.” My personal and professional areas of interests are antiracism, abolition feminism, and trauma responsiveness.
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT MY PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Daniela G. Domínguez, Psy.D. is an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco's Counseling Psychology Department and the founder of On the Margins. She specializes in Latinx mental health, antiracism, migrant justice, and trauma-informed care. Her research focuses on understanding how Latinx communities heal from trauma and access positive health.
She uses critical and political methodologies, grounded in Critical Race Theory, to challenge traditional research, assessment, and evaluation paradigms. She encourages psychologists to move away from Eurocentric epistemologies and towards a critical race epistemology that recognizes knowledge as shaped by interlocking systems of oppression. Her work has earned her numerous professional, academic, and community awards.
RECENT AWARDS
LICENSES
Licensed Psychologist, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
License Number: 37364
Licensed Psychologist, California Board of Psychology
License Number: 29367
National Register Health Service Psychologist
Approval Date: 9/7/2016
Licensed Professional Counselor, Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
License Number: 67869