Oliver Camacho

Oliver Camacho, Ph.D., serves as Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at Purdue University Northwest's School of Education and Counseling. A culturally responsive educator and first-generation immigrant, he trains future school counselors and mental health counselors, bringing his extensive experience as a former school counselor and mental health counselor in the Chicagoland area to his academic role.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Northern Illinois University
• M.A. in School and Clinical Counseling, Concordia University Chicago
• M.A. in Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University
• B.A. in Spanish, Northeastern Illinois University

His research employs mixed methods approaches within transformative and emancipatory frameworks to investigate culturally sustaining practices that support school counselors in serving diverse populations. His work particularly emphasizes undocumented students' mental health and LatinX mental health, seeking to create systemic change through policy and reform while addressing language barriers in mental health services for bilingual populations.

Camacho's teaching portfolio includes courses such as Theories and Techniques of Counseling Laboratory, Introduction to School Counseling, and Research in Counseling. His passion lies in training future counselors to heal and impact multicultural society through their counseling practice, with special attention to bilingual populations facing language gaps in mental health access.

Credentials:

• Professional Educator License (School Counselor, K-12, Illinois)
• Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, Illinois)