Dr. Aubrey Uresti is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at San José State University. A California credentialed K-12 school counselor and a National Certified School Counselor, Aubrey has experience in all levels of K-12 education as a teacher, school counselor, therapist, supervisor, and consultant. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. Her research focuses on the individual, family, and extended family-level experiences of adolescents who have a parent in jail or prison, as well as their meaning-making processes regarding parental incarceration. Additional research interests include urban education and school counseling, grief and loss, child and adolescent development issues, and lifelong learning for counselors. Aubrey has been an active member of and presenter at the Action Research Network of the Americas since the inaugural conference in 2013 and serves as the ARNA Action Research Communities Co-Chair.
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Dr. Suzy Thomas is a Professor in the Counseling Department at Saint Mary’s College of California. Suzy is a credentialed school counselor (PPS) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), and a former middle and high school counselor and teacher. She is especially proud to be one of the inaugural members of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) and the Co-Chair of the Action Research Communities (ARCs). An advocate for school counselors and school-based reform in local, statewide, regional, national, and international venues, Suzy’s research interests include mentoring, collaboration, LGBTQ+ youth, legal and ethical issues in counseling, group counseling, action research, and school counseling reform. Suzy teaches collaborative action research and has supervised action research projects and engaged in local and statewide action research projects in California.
