Jess Lopez
Positions
Neurodiversity Support Advisor
Student Experience and Support, Student Accessibility Services
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Background
Credentials
Child and Youth Care Counsellor (CYCC), Child and Youth Care Association of Alberta,
Educational Background
Graduate Certificate Educational Research, University of Calgary,
Bachelor of Child Studies (ChST) Child and Youth Care Counselling, Mount Royal University,
Biography
Jess Lopez (they/them) is proudly neurodivergent & epupillan (Mapuche 2Spirit). Jess operates the Neurodiversity Support Office at Student Accessibility Services, University of Calgary, and pursues MEd graduate studies in Educational Research. Their work in Mental Health as a Neurodiversity Support Advisor (NSA) and Educator is founded on an intersectional, embodied practice guided by EDIA and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles.
Jess provides innovative, neuro-affirming, embodied approaches to wellbeing for students and educational training for staff and faculty to help foster a neuroinclusive campus community that values different ways of knowing and being.
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Campus & Community Engagement:
Association of Counselling Therapists of Alberta (ACTA), Member
Child & Youth Care Association of Alberta (CYCAA), Certified Member
Autism Alliance Alberta Post-Secondary CoP, Member
UCalgary EDIA Teaching & Learning CoP, Member
UCalgary Neurodiversity Student Support Working Group, Co-Chair
UCalgary Post-Secondary Mental Health and Well-Being Research and Knowledge Hub, Member
Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education (CAPDHHE), Member
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