Faculty & Associates

	Monica McGoldrick, LCSW, PhD (h.c.) Director, Multicultural Family Institute Teacher, author and family therapist. Books include: The Genogram Journey: Reconnecting with Your Family (2nd ed, 2011), Re-Visioning Family Therapy (2nd Ed. 2008), The Expanded Family Life Cycle (4th Ed., 2011), Ethnicity & Family Therapy (3rd Ed., 2005), Genograms Assessment and Intervention (3rd Ed., 2008), Women in Families, and Living Beyond Loss, (2nd Ed, 2004). Faculty, Psychiatry Dept., RWJ Medical School, Visiting Professor, Fordham University School of Social Service (1991-2001). Honorary Doctorate, Smith College School for Social Work(1991). American Family Therapy Academy Award (1988) for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory & Practice. Formerly: Co-Director, Cultural Competence Training Center for Central NJ.
	Nydia Garcia Preto, LCSW Associate Director, Multicultural Family Institute Nationally known teacher, presenter, and family therapist. Coeditor of Ethnicity & Family Therapy (3rd ed., 2005) & The Expanded Family Life Cycle (4th ed. 2011), and many publications on working with Latinos and their families and adolescents and their families. Private Practice, Highland Park, NJ. Formerly: Co-Director, Cultural Competence Training Center for Central NJ. & Dir. Of Adolescent Day Program at UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ. Has served on Boards of several professional organizations and received awards for her work in promoting social justice in the field of family therapy. Her MSW is from Rutgers Univ.
	Roberto Font, LCSW Manager & Faculty of the Multicultural family Institute Private practice in Highland Park, NJ. Special interests: men’s issues, LGBTQ issues and Latino Families.
	Barbara Petkov, Ed.S, LMFT Marriage and Family Therapist Core Faculty at the Multicultural Family Institute. Private practice in Highland Park with extensive experience with young children, adolescents and families. Certified therapist in EMDR. Coordinator and trainer for Cultural Diversity and issues of social justice.
	Sueli Petry, Ph.D. Psychologist and family therapist Core Faculty at MFI, clinician and Faculty at University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, and private practice in Highland Park. Experience with Latino families and with survivors of sexual abuse. Co-author Genograms: Assessment and Intervention, 3rd edition. as well as other publications on genograms, Brazilian families, and Spirituality Through the Life Cycle.
	Angelina Belli, PhD Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of Brazil, MFI visiting faculty and liaison in Brazil; research on Brazilian immigrant families living in the United States. Angelina is our good friend and angel helping us to coordinate the special small group seminar for groups from Brazil.
	CharlesEtta Sutton, LCSW One of MFI’s founding faculty, serves on the faculty of the Center for Family Community and Social Justice Princeton, NJ and the Turtle Island Project, Phoenix, AZ. As an International trainer, program development specialist, and author her work includes larger systems intervention work which influences prevention, spiritual well-being, and health promotion. She is part of the CTS Group Sutton and Associates, Plainfield, NJ, which offers consultation, training, and clinical services (supervision and therapy).
	Diedre Ashton, LCSW Diedre Ashton is associate faculty of MFI, on the faculty of the Center for Family, Community and Social Justice, Drexel and Arcadia Universities. She is in private Practice at the Princeton Family Institute. She is the author of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals and the Life Cycle in 4th edition of The Expanded Family Life Cycle 2010.
	Anita McLean, Psy.D. Director, University Health Services, Princeton University.
	Josiane Menos, PhD Alumna MFI, School Psychologist, Brooklyn NY, and Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS)
	Elijah Nealy, MSW, MDiv MDiv, LCSW, Private Practice training & consulting, New York City; Adjunct Faculty, Columbia University School of Social work.
	Adrienne Riofrio, LCSW In Private Practice in Montclair, a graduate of NYU School of Social Work and The Ackerman Institute. Particular interests: work with at-risk youth, couples and individuals and supervision as well as issues of race and culture