Dr. Sarah Ramos
Biography
Assistant Professor
Counseling & Educational Psychology
(575) 646-3755
Dr. Sarah Luz Ramos serves as the program director of the APA-accredited Counseling Psychology PhD program and as the clinic director for the department’s training clinic (CEP Clinic). She is a bilingual (Spanish/English) licensed psychologist and is credentialed as a health service psychologist. Dr. Ramos is committed to improving mental health access and training through culturally grounded, bilingual, and community-centered approaches.
Dr. Ramos completed her PhD in Counseling Psychology at NMSU with a minor in Spanish Counseling. Across her clinical career, she has worked extensively with children, adolescents, and Spanish-speaking adults in schools, community mental health settings, primary care, and university clinics. Her work in both rural and urban communities has shaped her commitment to liberation psychology, systems-informed practice, and culturally affirming care.
Research Interests:
Her research interests are two fold: (1) centering the lived experiences of Latinas in higher education and (2) bilingual clinical mental health training.
Recent Publications:
Ramos, S. L. & Torres Fernandez, I. (2020) Conociendo los caminos: Testimonios of Latina doctoral students. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 26(4), 379–389. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000450
Pereira, S. R., Ramos, S. L., & Torres Fernandez, I. (2017). Semillas de empoderamiento en la frontera: Seeds of empowerment in the borderland. Latina/o Psychology Today, 4(1), 14-17.
Academic Background:
Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, New Mexico State University
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College
B.S. in Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago
