Dr. Guerda Nicolas, is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Assistant Director of the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) along with Dr. Janet E. Helms. She is also an Assistant professor at Boston College in the Lynch School of Education, Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology. She obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Boston University. She completed her predoctoral training at Columbia University Medical Center and her postdoctoral training the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, Department of Child Psychiatry. As a multicultural (Haitian American) and multilingual psychologist (Spanish, French, and Haitian Creole), her research is reflective of her background and interests. Her current research projects focus on developing culturally effective mental health intervention for ethnic minority adolescents, with a specific focus on Immigrant children, adolescents, and families; spirituality in the lives of adolescents, social support networks of Blacks and Haitians, and academic performance of ethnic minority high school youths.