Liliana Valvano

Liliana is a licensed Master Social Worker specializing in neurodiversity and LGBTQIA+ identities. She is passionate about working with clients to deconstruct stigma and build lives worth living. Her work considers how intersections of systemic oppression can influence the ways we view ourselves, and seeks to shift the lens to one of self-acceptance and self-advocacy. She has worked extensively within the LGBTQIA+ and disability communities, and views membership to these communities as a privilege rather than a burden. Liliana received her Master's in Social Work from Silberman School of Social Work, where she specialized in gender, sexuality, and disability, working within the Silberman Center for Sexuality and Gender to create a more inclusive experience for neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ students. She also worked at The LGBT Center to create disability focused programming. Clinically, she provides group therapy and assessment. She received her B.A. in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego. She is completing her PhD in Developmental Psychology at CUNY Graduate Center