Latino Health Equity Consulting

Consulting for Companies and Organizations that Provide Mental Health Services to Latinos and Immigrants

My consultation focuses on helping organizations move from compliance to connection. I partner with clinics, community agencies, hospital systems, nonprofits, and corporations committed to closing the gap in care for Latino and immigrant communities.

Marina Kerlow is a bilingual Latina therapist and organizational consultant with a Master of Science in Couple and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland. She has contributed to peer-reviewed, published research in Latinx family dynamics, trauma, and resilience. She has worked in Latino mental health care, research, consulting, and advocacy for nearly a decade.

I have collaborated with companies, nonprofits, and community agencies to dismantle systemic barriers, redesign Spanish service delivery, and train clinical teams. I have imrpoved Latino client engagement, attendance, and retention as well improved employee cultural climate.

The process

  • Step 1

    Reach out via the contact form to share your organization's needs and schedule a discovery call.

  • Step 2

    We identify the gaps, goals, and scope of work together and I develop a customized consulting plan.

  • Step 3

    I provide training, assessment, materials adaptation, and ongoing consultation. We will develop implementation and maintenance plans to create sustained impact.

Consulting Services

  • We assess how your current services are — or are not — reaching Spanish-speaking and immigrant clients. My consulting work transformed a program with 0% retention among Spanish-speaking clients into one with 85% Latino client engagement and retention.

  • We review and adapt intake forms, consent documents, and treatment protocols to be linguistically accurate, culturally conscious, and accessible to immigrant populations.

  • I design and deliver trainings for clinical teams and healthcare providers on culturally conscious, trauma-informed care with Latino and immigrant populations — drawing directly from active research and frontline clinical experience.

  • At community mental health clinics, I helped design outreach and comprehensive wrap around service programs connecting mental health, case management, medical, academic, and community systems.

  • I provide keynotes, staff trainings, and clinical workshops on culturally conscious care to Latino and immigrant populations.

    Topics include mental health stigma reduction, immigration stress and acculturation, and supporting Latino families with LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent members.

  • Work directly with HR to improve mental health wellness programs and the racial climate for employees within their business or agency.

A Track Record of Impact…

  • Identified significant language access and cultural responsiveness gaps at the University of Maryland’s Clinic for Healthy Families and advocated for system-level improvements.

  • Helped transform a program that had not retained a single Spanish-speaking client into one better equipped to serve Latino families.

  • Led the translation of all client paperwork into Spanish for the first time and advocated for Spanish-speaking clinical supervision.

  • Reduced technology and literacy barriers that had prevented families from accessing services, including those who had remained on waitlists for over a year.

  • Trained professionals at Treehouse Child Advocacy Center on trauma-informed, affirming care for LGBTQ+ youth, with attention to the unique cultural considerations facing Latinx families.

Research-Backed Expertise…

  • Published research in Oxford Bibliographies, Frontiers in Psychology, and Journal of Family Issues focused on Latino family dynamics, child development, trauma, and the mental health impact of systemic stressors on immigrant communities.

  • Alumna and Mentor of the AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program, which develops leaders in culturally responsive mental health care.

  • Served as a Bilingual Couples Expert Facilitator for the University of Maryland’s TOGETHER/JUNTOS Program, delivering relationship and financial education workshops for Latino couples.

  • Contributed in supervision groups on Latino family communication, conflict resolution, stress management, and strengthening healthy relationships.

  • Authored a graduate thesis examining contraceptive and consent knowledge, sexual self-efficacy, and psychological distress among almost 500 Latino adolescents, contributing original research to the field of Latino adolescent health.

Let’s work together