Susie began her career with the United States-Mexico Border Health Association as a Graduate Research Assistant for the organization. She transitioned into the position of Project Coordinator for the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in order to complete the final stages of the pilot study. She was born and raised in El Paso , Texas . She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2001 with a B.S. degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. She continued at the University of Texas at El Paso graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Masters Degree in 2006 in Educational Psychology with a focus on Community Counseling. During her internship at UTEP she worked as a counselor intern for El Paso Community College and at the NCED Mental Health and Rehabilitation Hospital. Her main interests and focus lie in mental health issues primarily in women and children and her involvement with the Maternal Child Health Pilot study incorporated a pilot questionnaire survey that included questions as diverse as physical abuse, diabetes, depression, use of folic acid and many others. She has co-authored on several articles including Duty To Warn And Protect: Not In Texas. Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, & Research Journal , which is currently in press, and was included as a contributor for an abstract presented at the Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference 2006 titled: Evaluation of the Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project: Approach and Results. She has also presented a poster presentation entitled “ The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health (BMSCP): Data Collection and Training” at the 65 th USMBHA Annual Meeting and has been selected to present a poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington , D.C. While attending the University of Texas at El Paso she was President of the local chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, University of Texas at El Paso-Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society, Upsilon Tau Epsilon and was chosen to be a member of the Chancellor's List, 2004-2005, National Academic Honor Society and has been a member of the Texas Counseling Association since 2004 and the American Counseling Association since 2003. She has been with the United States-Mexico Border Health Association since August 2004.
About Susie Villalobos | ACERCA de Susie Villalobos
Susie Villalobos es la coordinadora del Proyecto para la Salud de la Mujer en las Comunidades Hermanas de Brownsville-Matamoros (BMSCP) en colaboración con los Centros de Control de enfermedades (CDC). Nativa de El Paso, Texas y graduada de la universidad de Texas en El Paso (UTEP) con una licenciatura en Psicología y un con estudios en Sociología. Continúo como estudiante de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso, graduada Magna Cum Laude, con un Postgrado en Psicología con enfoque en Consejería Comunitaria. Durante su internado en UTEP ella trabajo realizo trabajo comunitario para el Colegio de El Paso y con NCED Mental y Rehabilitacion Hospital. Su interés y enfoque es hacia la salud de la mujer e infantes con una desenvoltura en un estudio piloto de salud Materno Infantil que incorpora preguntas diversas tales como el abuso interfamiliar, diabetes, depresión, y el uso de Acido Fólico entre otros tópicos de interés materno-Infantil. A actuado como coautora de diversos articulos incluyendo Duty to Warn and Protect: Not in Texas . Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory & Research Journal, el cual esta en proceso de ser publicada. La misma esta incluida como un resumen de trabajo el cual será presentado en la reunión anual epidemiológica en salud Materno Infantil titulada: Evaluación del Proyecto para la Salud de la Mujer en las Comunidades Hermanas de Brownsville-Matamoros (BMSCP) acercamiento y resultados. Al atender a la Universidad de Texas en El Paso fue elegida como Presidenta de la asociación de alumnos de Chi Sigma Iota, Sociedad honoraria Académica universidad de Texas en El Paso, Upsilon Tau Epsilon, y fue honorada como miembro de Chancellor's List en el 2004-2005, Academia Nacional Honoraria y es miembro de Consejeros de Texas desde el 2004. Desempeña con la Asociación Fronteriza México Estadounidense de la Salud desde Agosto del 2004.