Mariangelly Sierra

Mariangelly Sierra joined Walden University’s School of Counseling as Contributing Faculty in May 2021. Her other roles at Walden include mentoring students at the Academic Skills Center, doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program, and an alumnus from the Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program. Mariangelly possesses over four years of experience teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. She is a National Certified Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in private practice. Her current clinical focus is on supporting the Latinx and LGBTQIA+ communities. In the past, she has worked with non-US citizens on the Texas-Mexico border and refugee families survivors of trauma from countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Mariangelly is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, & Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE), and the Association of Counseling Sexology and Sexual Wellness (ACSSW). She has presented at various conferences on topics related to multicultural counseling awareness and development. Mariangelly also serves as a mentor for Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ). Her research interests include multicultural competence in counseling and counselor education and supervision, social justice, and advocacy related to Latinx, LGBTQIA+, and other minoritized populations.

When she is not teaching, mentoring, or supporting clients, she enjoys drawing, painting, meditating, and being out in nature barefoot in the company of her child.