Lalaine Sevillano, PhD, MSW Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Portland State University Dr. Sevillano's specific research interests include social and cultural determinants of health in minoritized populations, mental health problems, and factors that promote resilience. She has expertise in how minoritized groups internalize oppression and its impact on their health and life trajectories. She also studies how minoritized groups can leverage sources of resilience, such as cultural continuity, critical consciousness, and positive identity development. Dr. Sevillano completed her doctoral studies at the University of Texas in Austin, where she was awarded a 2021-22 University Continuing Graduate Student Fellowship. Her dissertation was a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study that explored the relationships between internalized colonialism, psychological distress, and academic success. Her scholarship was recognized at the 2022 CSWE conference and awarded the 2022 API Social Work Educators Association's Doctoral scholarship. Most recently, Dr. Sevillano has been invited to be a Fellow of the NIH-funded Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education (INSPIRE) program.