Paulina Isabel Almarosa is a bilingual, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of California. She holds a B.A. in Psychology & Social Behavior from UCI and a Master’s degree in Social Welfare from UCLA. She has over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. She has worked in schools, hospitals, jails and community mental health clinics serving a wide range of populations including children and families; residents of the community of Skid Row; incarcerated men and women; and end-of life patients in hospice.
Paulina is the founder of Latinx Grief a space dedicated to demystifying and amplifying grief in the Latinx community through grief education and grief support services. She is also the founder of Counseling Contigo, a private practice that offers mental health therapy that is culturally attuned and rooted in honoring a person’s story.
Paulina’s work is guided by her ancestors, chief among them her father Mateo who died of lung cancer in 2015.
She is an avid writer, a mother and a creative who enjoys connecting with others through the use of humor, compassion and authenticity.
