Sandra Franco

Sandra Franco is a second-year graduate student in the School Psychology Program. She previously obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and has worked in multiple clinical, research, and school settings. As a result of these experiences, she became aware of the shortage of mental health providers and the research-to-practice gap in the field. This, along with her commitment to help the Latine community, is what led her to the Puentes program. After graduation, she hopes to carry on the mission of the Puentes program by becoming a bilingual school psychologist and improving access to school-based mental health interventions for culturally and linguistically diverse youth.