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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Has anyone been following the discussions surrounding hurricane Isaías and the pronunciation of its name? not even discussions surrounding safety rather people REFUSING to call it anything else than “Isaiah”. it has been very disheartening all the racist connotations this has taken...

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Brea Banks @bmbanks4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social has an important story to tell regarding her graduate school journey that may be helpful for many considering programs during grad application season. Give Ep. 2 of the #RAMSLabPodcast a listen on your favorite platform!

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RAMS Lab @ramslab4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ep 2 of the RAMS Lab podcast is out NOW! @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social discusses prioritizing belonging in her search for a grad program & highlights a recent paper on #microaggressions in clinical supervision that originated after her own experience with a supervisor.

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Brea Banks @bmbanks4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Read, like, share!!!

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RAMS Lab @ramslab4.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨new publication🚨 This work is truly representative of the research process. @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social had an idea based on a personal experience during the Fall 2022 semester. We presented multiple conference poster & paper sessions with the culmination being the publication this paper!

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fresh off the press! My first first-author publication is out in the Journal of School Psychology! We examined how racially minoritized psychology trainees experienced and disclosed microaggressions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @bmbanks4.bsky.social @ramslab4.bsky.social

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On a completely different note, I went to my first conference in probably two years and was reminded that there are professional spaces where I actually feel energized, intellectually engaged and like myself. Anyway, I need to get out of this setting ASAP :)

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The whole thing is a dumpster fire. They wanted the language access. They wanted the patients to be seen. They wanted the money. They did not think about what I would need from them.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They are very eager to keep me because they need what I provide. But they are not actually listening when I tell them I cannot thrive in an environment that has no way to supervise, observe or support the work they specifically hired me to do.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What exactly did they think hiring a Spanish-speaking clinician to carry a Spanish-speaking caseload would involve? Because it seems like the plan started and ended with: finally, someone can see these families.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They also did not consider that I might need additional time to write my notes because I have to translate what happened in the session before documenting it in English. When I explained this, I was told they had “never thought of that.”

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They have now told me multiple times that they cannot properly observe my work because they do not understand what is being said during my sessions. Of course they cannot. They placed me there knowing none of my supervisors speak the language I was hired to use.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They moved me to a location that does not have a single supervisor who speaks Spanish. Not one. But they moved me there specifically because that location was supposedly in “dire need” of someone who could provide services in Spanish.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Basically, they wanted someone who could clear the Spanish-speaking waitlist. They did not think about what it would mean to actually serve those families or what the person doing that work would need from them.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I cry because these families are dealing with situations that are painful, serious and happening right now. I am not going to sit there completely unmoved so that other clinicians can feel more comfortable with my professionalism.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

And somehow, there is now “concern” about how much I have cried with my families. I am not crying because I am making their experiences about me. I am not unable to separate myself from their lives. I know what my role is. I cry because I am a person sitting with another person who is TERRIFIED.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They are also surprised by how willing families are to tell me their immigration status, open up about what is happening and cry during our sessions. They can apparently see that something different is happening in the room but cannot seem to figure out why.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Then I was told that they have never had to write a letter supporting a family or advocate for someone to remain in the country because that has never come up for them before…. maybe it did not come up because families were not telling you!!

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The first thing I was told when I raised one of these situations was, “I thought the ICE situation was calm now.” Girl. Next.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Unsurprisingly, immigration has come up multiple times. I can handle many of these situations because I have been doing this work for the past year. Other situations require support or a signature from someone with a specific license… and that is where the mess starts.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This year I was recruited to a different location because they had a backed-up waitlist of Spanish-speaking families who were not being seen by their clinicians. I started recently and was immediately swamped with patients.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Let’s talk about what happens when a clinic says it “desperately needs” someone who speaks Spanish but apparently has not thought about what actually serving Spanish-speaking families might require.

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RAMS Lab @ramslab4.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We launched a podcast!!!! Find it on your favorite podcast platform, including Spotify, Apple, and YouTube. Like, share, follow for more content!

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Made an Instagram post and later noticed it had an “AI Info” tag. Turns out the instrumental version of the song I used is AI-generated. I’m annoyed at myself for not checking first. But I’m more frustrated by how much AI has seeped into everything. It’s getting harder to avoid. Tempted to delete it

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Brea Banks @bmbanks4.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

To be clear, if this were the only time this had happened, I probably wouldn’t be writing this. The book is just this week’s example. It’s Monday. There have been other moments where I discovered information after everyone else already knew it, despite that information being communicated to others.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

And when you’re the only Person of Color in a space, you start asking yourself: How many times can the same thing happen before it’s no longer “just an accident”? You’re left wondering whether what happened is real, whether you’re overreacting, and whether anyone else can see it too.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The book isn’t really the story. The story is who gets remembered and who gets forgotten. Who receives information automatically and who depends on someone remembering to include them.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

To be clear: I am not claiming this sole incident proves racism. What interests me is the pattern. Sociologist Bonilla-Silva (2018) argues that contemporary racial inequality is often reproduced through seemingly ordinary and race-neutral interactions rather than explicitly racist acts.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Everyone apologized. Everyone agreed it was a mistake. They ALL forgot to let me know. They acknowledged I wasn’t here when the info was shared. Nobody intended harm. Yet nobody said, “You still have $15 left. Pick another book.” The oversight was acknowledged. But, ofc the inequity remained…

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Why? They had been told they could order as many books as they wanted so long as the total stayed under $40. I was the only person who wasn’t told.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A small example. My cohort won a reward at work: up to $40 in books. I was told to pick a book and send the order. So I did. I ordered a $25 copy of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Later, when the books arrived, I learned that everyone else had ordered multiple books…

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Social psychologists have found that racial discrimination is often experienced through subtle forms of social exclusion rather than overt hostility (Richman & Leary, 2009; Salvatore & Shelton, 2007). That’s what makes it so difficult to name.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Let me come back from the trenches and talk about something I’ve been thinking about for a long time: racialized exclusion… Because I’ve been trying to find language for some of the things I’ve experienced this year.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Crossed the stage and got hooded by Dr. Brea M. Banks, my academic advisor, dissertation chair, and one of my biggest inspirations. T-minus 2 months until it’s officially Dr. Concepción Cabán… though my babies at the clinic have already decided I’m Dr. Lou🤍

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Activists in NYC projected a message on the side of Jeff Bezos’ $120 million penthouse ahead of the Met Gala. “Shame on you, Jeff Bezos.”

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julia @naomishambles.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New publication 🚨 This piece steps outside of my traditional psychology work and reflects a passion I’ve had the privilege to explore through the Latinx Studies program at ISU. rdcu.be/fgVmH

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Mapping Latino Studies in the Heartland: Illinois State University’s Efforts towards Creating Communities of Belonging and Academic Success (COBAS)

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I think we sometimes underestimate how much inequity in training shows up as silence. As lack of investment. As watching others be shaped while you’re left to self-construct. I literally study this… Still didn’t prepare me for what it feels like to live it (over and over).

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

While working in this institution I’m reminded daily how privilege is often invisible to the people who benefit from it the most. And when someone tries to add perspective, the response is usually dismissal, silence, or a subtle reminder of “place.”Prestige doesn’t erase inequality. I’m tired.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Today a presenter asked all midwesterns to raise their hands and YALL I almost did…. Which Is wild because past me would be OFFENDED to be considered midwestern bc I’m very much from Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Rita Moreno, Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin - person

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I see folks debating Gaga’s part, but before cutting to her, Benito said “mira, esto es lo que tú querías?” (“look, is this what you wanted?”) and then showed an English-speaking white woman in a Latino-coded show. Not random. That was commentary on whose culture usually gets centered.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I’ve been so sentimental since the Benito Bowl. Today a care coordinator told me her husband is from the Virgin Islands and they cried the whole show. “No one who hasn’t lived this really understands.” That’s what representation does. It lets you feel seen.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Benito built a classroom, a memorial, and a protest on a football field. If that makes people uncomfortable, good. Art isn’t supposed to keep the empire comfortable.

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Among everything I’ve learned, this job has officially taught me how to talk on the phone. I used to hate it. Now I still hate it… but I call parents daily and somehow end up enjoying it 🤣

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Lourdes D. Concepción Cabán @lourdesconcepcion.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hace unos meses envié una columna de opinión al periódico de El Nuevo Día. No tuve conocimiento de su publicación, pero por aquí se las dejo. Titulada “El autismo no es una epidemia. La exclusión sí” 24/abril/2025 www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/desd...

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Opinión | El autismo no es epidemia. La exclusión sí

En Puerto Rico, donde el acceso a servicios de salud mental, evaluaciones y apoyos escolares es precario, este tipo de narrativa puede ser devastadora, escribe Lourdes Concepción

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