Research Summary

Areas of professional interest/teaching/research: Decolonial social work, Indigenous-Latinx epistemologies, healing-centered practice (trauma-informed), traditional healing practices, belonging, equity, liberation, and resilience.

Education

  • Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, McNair Scholars Program, Westminster College
  • Honors Bachelor of Undergraduate Studies in Social Justice Education, Social Justice Education, University of Utah. Project: The Pedagogy of Sistahood: Living In This Skin in the Classroom
  • Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, Health Policy, Howard University
  • Master of Social Work, College of Social Work, University of Utah

Biography

Yvette Romero Coronado (she/her) is the granddaughter and daughter of Mexican migrants, farmworkers, dreamers, home remedy makers, and people who talk to their plants. She draws on the wisdom of her ancestors to become a good ancestor and to be a loving and responsible guest on the enduring lands of the Eastern Shoshone, Goshute, Piute and Ute peoples. She loves tea, good chisme (talks), and time in nature. 
 
Yvette is a bilingual (Spanish/English) and multicultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker. For over 15 years, Yvette has worked alongside communities to build systems and programs that prioritize access, belonging, equity, and well-being.
 
As a therapist, she blends the wisdom of traditional medicine with trauma-informed and healing-centered frameworks. She has received training in evidenced-based practices such as Feminist Multicultural Therapy (FMT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing, Culturally-Modified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CM-TF-CBT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 2 Trained) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). 
 
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Yvette Romero Coronado (ella) es nieta e hija de migrantes mexicanos, trabajadores agrícolas, soñadores, que hacen remedios caseros y hablan con sus plantitas. Ella se basa en la sabiduría de sus ancestros para convertirse en una buena ancestra y huésped amorosa y responsable en las tierras perdurables de los pueblos Shoshone del Este, Goshute, Piute y Ute. Le encanta el té, el buen chisme y el tiempo en la naturaleza.
 
Yvette es una trabajadora social clínica licenciada bilingüe (español/inglés) y multicultural. Durante más de 15 años, Yvette ha trabajado junto a las comunidades para construir sistemas y programas que prioricen el acceso, la pertenencia, la equidad y el bienestar de todo a su alrededor.
 
Como terapeuta, combina la sabiduría de la medicina tradicional con marcos basados ​​en el trauma y la sanación. Ha recibido capacitación en prácticas basadas en evidencia como Terapia multicultural feminista (FMT), Desensibilización y reprocesamiento del movimiento ocular (EMDR), Experimentación somática, Terapia conductual cognitiva centrada en el trauma modificada culturalmente (CM-TF-CBT), Parejas del método Gottman Terapia (Entrenamiento de Nivel 2) y Terapia de Aceptación y Compromiso (ACT).

 

Ancestral Trauma & Healing

https://socialwork.utah.edu/magazines/innovation-matters/2022/a-grandmother-epistemology.php

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/be-the-change/id1663686890?i=1000604924427