Yazmin Castellano

Yazmin (she/her) has a B.A. in Clinical Psychology from Sacred Heart University. PR and an M.A in School Psychology from Interamerican University. PR.
She currently works as a consultant for the Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD-USF) serving middle/high school children and young adults. Her primary goals are to raise awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) among the Hispanic/Latino/LatinX community and CARD-USF services to Hispanic families and professionals. Yazmin reaches out to the Hispanic community and professionals by participating as a guest speaker on several Conferences. Yazmin also uses media to reach out to the Hispanic families via TV doing interviews with Telemundo Tampa, Univisión Tampa, Orlando and Ft. Myers, Rumba (iHeart Media) and International tv a radio.
Yazmin provides trainings on mental health, suicide, anxiety, challenging behaviors, sleep, feeding, and safety. Yazmin works collaboratively with Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA) as a board member of the Health Services Advisory Committee. Yazmin is part of the Safety Kids Committee in Polk county, where she has started to raise awareness about the importance of having and providing safety information in Spanish. She is also a part of the Diversity Committee at University of South Florida's College of Behavioral and Community Sciences. Before joining CARD, Yazmin worked in the fields of mental health, education and case management. Her experience incudes working in school settings, residential programs and clinical settings for individuals with behavioral, emotional and psychiatric disorders. Yazmin also performed duties as director for community-based programs.
In her free time, Yazmin enjoys spending time with her family, dancing, reading, journaling and meditating.