Primary Job Title Founder & Executive Director Primary Organization 
Latina Researchers Network
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Female
Website www.silviamazzula.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Dr. Silvia Lorena Mazzula is a native of Uruguay, South America, and the first in her family to graduate college. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, research fellow at Columbia University’s Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group and Former President of the Latino Psychological Association of New
Jersey. Dr. Mazzula has extensive research, clinical and consulting experience on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Her research focuses on racial and cultural competencies in research and practice, the intersection of racial cultural psychological processes, discrimination and mental health, and Latina/o Psychology. As a social justice advocate, her focus is on increasing the number of diverse scholars in advanced research careers. She is a grantee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the American Psychological Association’s Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology and the City University of New York. Her work has been published in scholarly journals and presented at over 35 professional science meetings throughout the country. Dr. Mazzula has received several accolades including the Emerging Researcher Award by the New Jersey Psychological Association (2013); the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment Program Award (2012-2014); and Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievements from the City University of New York (2010, 2012, 2014). In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family, especially her two young boys. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University and completed her formal clinical training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School-RBHC Newark Campus (formerly University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey).
