Tatiana Londoño
Tatiana Londoño is an assistant professor of Social Welfare at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Tatiana Londoño’s scholarship focuses on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of Latine/x immigrant youth and their families, with an emphasis on the experiences and impact of (im)migration. Specifically, her work explores how Latine/x immigrant youth and families navigate and adapt to experiences of immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation. She also actively uses her research findings to draft policy and research briefs meant to inform immigration enforcement policies and practices. For example, she published a policy report highlighting the harms of immigration detention and healthy community alternatives. Her long-term goal is to incorporate her research into preventative interventions accessible to Latine/x immigrant communities in the U.S. Her work has been published in Family Process, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Health Psychology, Journal of Adolescent Research, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, and Social Work in Mental Health.
Dr. Londoño is currently involved in several nationally funded studies concerning the mental health and psychosocial well-being of Latine/x youth and their families. Using a mixed-method approach, she is exploring the effects of migration and immigration detention on asylum-seeking children and families from Central America. Specifically, she is analyzing 1) migration trauma exposure and mental health outcomes among immigrant youth; 2) how migration shapes parent-child relationships; and 3) different trajectories of wellbeing among youth in the U.S. and environmental determinants (e.g., neighborhood, school, immigration enforcement policies) that contribute to these trajectories. In addition to this project, she is investigating the cultural adaptation and implementation of a parenting intervention that integrates experiences of immigration-related challenges, discrimination, and biculturalism. Dr. Londoño’s previous research projects include examining the effects of immigration enforcement on U.S. citizen children of undocumented Mexican parents and investigating depression and suicidality among Latine/x children and youth.
In the community, Dr. Londoño has worked in various settings such as schools, domestic violence agencies, and integrated behavioral health primary care clinics providing counseling, psychoeducation, and case management services to mostly Spanish-speaking families who
experienced immigration-related trauma. She continues to volunteer her time to support Latine/x immigrant youth and families impacted by the immigration system. She is the lead consultant on a New Mexico State University project creating a trauma-informed training series for service providers working with Latine/x immigrant populations. This work is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Londoño is a first-generation Latina born in Colombia. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior and from The University of Texas at Austin with an M.S.S.W. and then her Ph.D.
You can follow Dr. Londoño on Twitter: @TatianaL924
