Rachel Galanter is El Futuro’s Technical Assistance and Consultation Lead working to Advance Latine Mental Health Access. Rachel has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Columbia University and a Master of Public Health focused on Maternal and Child Health from UNC in Chapel Hill. For over 30 years she has managed programs and supported staff in adopting evidence-based practice and developing effective cross-cultural communication skills to support children, youth, and families. She has layered interventions like Motivational Interviewing and the Community Resiliency Model on top of evidence-based interventions to partner with families to help their children thrive. Certified by the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and by the Trauma Resource Institute, Rachel provides training and coaching to professionals on client engagement, cultivating resilience, cultural humility and responsiveness, cross cultural communication, and implementation of best practices. Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina presented her with the Donna J Stone Award in 2013 for doing everything possible to support families in their efforts to provide their children with the safe, stable, and welcoming environments they need to be successful. From her decade as a foster parent Rachel added two daughters—and now four grandchildren—to her family.