Angelica Tello Awarded Fellowship from NBCC and Affiliates
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) July 01, 2013 -- The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Angelica M. Tello of San Antonio, Texas, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (NBCC MFP). As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Ms. Tello will receive funding and training to support her education and facilitate her service to underserved minority populations.
The NBCC MFP is made possible by a grant awarded to NBCC by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in August 2012. The Foundation is contracted by NBCC to administer the NBCC MFP, as well as training and collaboration activities that will be open to all National Certified Counselors. The goal of the program is to strengthen the infrastructure that engages diverse individuals in counseling and increases the number of professional counselors providing effective, culturally competent services to underserved populations.
The NBCC MFP has distributed $20,000 education awards to Ms. Tello and the 23 other doctoral-level counseling students selected to receive the fellowship award. Angelica Tello is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she is pursuing a doctoral degree in counselor education and supervision. Her counseling experience includes working with college students at public four-year institutions and working in agencies serving children and adolescents from low-income communities. Tello’s goal as an NBCC MFP Fellow is to support counselors-in-training as they develop an understanding of the mental health issues that face minority and low-income communities.
The Foundation plans to open the next NBCC MFP application period in December 2013. To learn more about the NBCC MFP and its fellows, please visit http://www.nbccf.org/mfp.
About the NBCC Foundation
The NBCC Foundation is an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), based in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBCC is the nation’s premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling. Currently, there are more than 52,000 National Certified Counselors in the United States and more than 50 countries.
Sherry Allen, National Board for Certified Counselors, 336-232-0376, [email protected]
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