Germán A. Cadenas

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Germán A. Cadenas is the associate director of the Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness (CYSEW) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and an associate professor of clinical psychology in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. Cadenas identifies as an immigrant from Latin America and his academic work is community-based, with intersecting foci on the psychology of immigration and on critical consciousness as a tool for social justice. This includes the development and validation of strategies to support the psychological well-being, education, career/work, and health of immigrants and other underserved communities. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology and serves on the Advocacy Coordinating Committee (ACC) of the American Psychological Association.