Speaking & Appearances

Yoyce Geronimo Galvan brings a decade of behavioral health systems experience and lived intersectional identity into every stage, panel, and conversation. Available in English and Spanish.

Credentials

  • M.A., Clinical & Counseling Psychology.

  • 10+ years in behavioral health systems.

  • Led national initiatives supporting thousands of families.

  • Presenter at national behavioral health conferences.

  • English and Spanish speaking

Conferences & Media Appearances

  • National Latino Behavioral Health Conference

    • La Familia como Agente de Cambio: Cerrando las Brechas en el Acceso a los Servicios de Uso de Substancias en la Comunidad Latina (2025)

    • Supporting Latinx Families in Addressing Societal Risk Factors for Substance Abuse (2025)

    • Pioneers of Change: Strategies, Triumphs, and Barriers in Latine Behavioral Health Outreach (2025)

    • What SUD Services do NY State Hispanic/ Latino Families Need? (2021)

  • commUNITY Conference

    • Beyong the Individual: Empowering Families through Peer Support (2025)

    • Integrating AI into Training and Quality Improvement (2025)

  • National Conference on Youth Prevention, Treatment & Recovery

    • Integrating AI into Addiction Support Services: Lessons from the Field (2026)

  • Rx and Illicit Drug Summit

    • Building a Center of Excellence: Evidence Based Peer Support for Families Impacted by Substance Use. (2025)

    • Enhancing Family Peer Support with AI Driven Training Simulation. (2025)

  • Latinx Social Work

    • How to Break the Stigma and Find Support Around Problem Substance Use (2021)

  • Additional Media Appearances

    • ABC

    • Univision

Available for

  • Keynote presentations

  • Professional conferences

  • University events

  • Panel discussions

  • Podcast interviews

  • Community organizations

  • Nonprofit & faith orgs

Speaking topics

  • Equity Centered Behavioral Health: Closing the Gaps in Service

    Lessons from a decade designing and leading national programs for Latine and LGBTQ+ populations. What works, what fails, and what the field is still getting wrong.

  • The Second Patient: Understanding Caregiver Burnout in Families Affected by Mental Illness

    What behavioral health systems miss about the people supporting loved ones with serious mental illness and what sustainable care actually requires.

  • After the Crisis Ends: The Chapter the World Stops Watching

    What trauma survivors, caregivers, and LGBTQ+ individuals need in the longer, quieter work of rebuilding and why the system disappears exactly when it's needed most.

  • Lost in Translation: What Latine Clients Lose When the System Speaks a Different Language

    How language barriers in behavioral health go beyong words, shaping diagnosis, trust, treatment, and whether someone comes back for a second session.

  • Self Abandonment as Survival and the Work of Coming Back

    How people learn to give pieces of themselves away to maintain connection and what it takes to build a life that no longer requires it.

  • Beyong “Affirming”: What Queer Latine Clients Actually Need

    The gap between identifying as affirming and understanding the specific shape of what queer people in faith-shaped, culturally loyal families carry every day.

Bring this conversation to your audience

Yoyce is available for a limited number of speaking engagements each year. If your audience includes LGBTQ+ communities, Latine families, caregivers, or people navigating trauma and recovery, I would be glad to start a conversation.