Growing up in both California and Texas, I was fortunate enough to be immersed in multicultural communities and schools. I have always been proud of my identity as a first-generation Mexican American woman, and as a daughter of two immigrant parents, I carried the ambition to work alongside and support those from marginalized backgrounds. This goal was solidified when I worked as a qualified mental health professional at a community mental health clinic in Dallas, Texas. I was the only Spanish-speaking clinician among a team of 20 and was responsible for all the Latine and immigrant families who sought our services. Witnessing the lack of clinicians who looked like me or who took a culturally humble approach was frustrating. However, this fueled my drive, knowing I had the tenacity to pursue a PhD, maximize my knowledge, and come back to better serve my community. Through working with this population, I also knew within my graduate studies I wanted to continue to reach the Latine community and center my research on creating culturally humble clinical spaces. Currently, as a fifth-year counseling psychology PhD candidate at Texas Tech University, I have been able to use parts of my identity and background to enrich my clinical work and research. Coming from a low-income household, I have advocated for the reduction of therapy fees, performed outreach events throughout West Texas, and served primarily first-generation, low-income, underserved, Hispanic clients. Unfortunately, mental disorders and therapy are seldom discussed or presented as an option for many Hispanic individuals. Thus, my work is focused on dismantling the negative preconceptions of mental health within our West Texas region. Witnessing the benefit of an integrated approach in the retention of services, as well as the current deficit of Latine clinicians, I have worked alongside community partners, such as StarCare Specialty Health Services, to enable counseling to be even more accessible for individuals from marginalized backgrounds and advocate for the growth of a multicultural mental health workforce. While volunteering at StarCare, I conducted free, bilingual (Spanish and English) psychological assessments for community members to assist with the determination of eligibility for intellectual disability state services. At four National Latinx Psychological Association conferences, I have also presented on projects that reflect the increased need to address Latine mental health and find ways to conduct culturally humble counseling. The most fruitful parts of these experiences were being surrounded by Latine psychologists paving the way and inspiring me to continue decolonizing psychology. These experiences helped inform my dissertation, which explores mental health stigma and ways to increase treatment seeking within rural Latine communities. Under Texas Tech’s Sirviendo a los Estudiantes, Title V Grant initiative, I also worked full-time at the student counseling center providing therapy services and was granted full creative liberty in creating a therapy group for first-generation students around campus. It was a productive experience getting to witness first-hand the process of outreach program development and collaborating with campus programs to meet the needs of underprivileged students. As I near my goal of becoming a Latina psychologist, I recognize that I have defied all odds as a daughter of two parents who were not able to surpass a formal middle school education. I am also the first person on both sides of my family to be on a journey to earn a Ph.D. Therefore, my pursuit of a doctoral degree is an immense privilege. I am excited to enter the final year of my graduate program and continue serving the community in which I was raised.