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Monica Sesma-Vazquez, PhD, RSW, RMFT-SM (She/Her/Ella)

 

Monica is a social constructionist-oriented social worker, family therapist, educator, supervisor, and researcher. Originally from Mexico, Monica lives in the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) and Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, Canada. Monica is an Assistant Professor and the Academic Coordinator of the Post-Masters in Couple and Family Therapy Program at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary. She works at the Eastside Community Mental Health Services and the Calgary Family Therapy Centre as a family therapist, researcher, and supervisor. She is the Research Coordinator of the Calgary Family Therapy Centre. Monica is currently a Board Member of the Canadian Association for Couples and Family Therapy and the Family Process Institute. Her current clinical and research interests focus on relational and systemic work with undeserved communities. Monica research focuses on children and their families and on immigrants, refugees, and newcomers’ issues.