Luis Antonio Tosado II

Dr. Luis Antonio Tosado II, NCC, NCSC is a Clinical Associate Professor and program director for the school counseling program. His research and scholarly interests are related to the college readiness of Latino youth and emergent bilingual students; the social justice advocacy and leadership role of school counselors in urban school districts; and interventions such as Brief Solution Focused Counseling, Restorative Practices, and Financial Counseling. His professional school counseling experiences have been in urban middle schools and high schools, in both Texas and Maryland. Before beginning his professional school counseling career Dr. Tosado served as an elementary teacher. He is also a veteran and served in the United States Marine Corp Reserves and Army National Guard.

• PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, Counselor Education
• Cert., University of Toronto, Canada, Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• MS, Tarleton State University, Educational Psychology/School Counseling & Guidance
• BS, Sam Houston State University, Psychology

• Tosado, L.A., *Belile E., *Cole, J., *Guadalupe N., *Saeva, R. (2018, November). Collaborating for student success. Program presented at the University at Buffalo. *Indicates Graduate Student;

• Burt, I, & Tosado, L.A. II (2023, October). Cultivating racial equity in a counseling program: Racial affinity groups for beginning counselors. Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.;
• Burt, I., Cunningham-Abbott, A., Hyun, J., Lee, T.S., Lane, J., & Tosado, L.A., II. (2023, October). Going above and beyond: Developing anti-oppressive strategies in Counselor Education programs for students and faculty. Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.;
• Burt, I., Leigh-Osroosh, K., Munoz-Lorenzo, O., Tosado, L.A., II., & Ward-Sutton, C. (2023, October). Real talk on navigating academia from diverse intergenerational perspectives: Not just surviving, but striving and thriving! Denver, CO: Association for Counselor Education and Supervision;
• Burt, I., Tosado, L.A., II., Leigh-Osroosh, K. & Prosser, T. (2023, February). Facilitating students’ journeys through their cultural trepidations: A racial healing group for counselors-in-training. Virtual, Counselors for Social Justice Professional Development Institute.;
• Tosado, L.A., Mortel, R., Koski, J., and McCoy, M. (2021, November). Eliciting African American and Latina/o families’ money stories: Small group conversations. Virtual, Financial Therapy Association.;
• Tosado, L.A., *Cole, J., *Paterson, J., *Saeva, R., & *Sands, K. (2018, November). Fostering leadership: Bridging the gap between theory and practice. Bolton Landing, NY: New York State School Counselor Association. *Indicates graduate student;
• Gonzalez, T. & Tosado, L.A. (2017, November). Working with LatinX undocumented youth in schools: Facing fear with advocacy. Syracuse, NY: New York State School Counselor Association.;
• Santos-Figueroa, Tosado, L.A., Hipolito-Delgado, C.P., Martinez, M.M., & Velazquez (2016, April). Diversity within Latinas/os in the U.S.: Reflections on cultural identity. Montreal, Canada: American Counseling Association Annual Conference.;
• Tosado, L.A., Gallardo-Cooper, M., Munoz-Lorenzo, O., Torres-Fernandez, I., & Estrada, D. (2016, April). Bilingual counseling competencies: A framework for Spanish-speaking counselors. Montreal, Canada: American Counseling Association Annual Conference.;

• Vice President Latina/o Concerns (Association Multicultural Counseling and Development)
  07/01/2016-06/30/2017