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David Córdova Jr. is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Family and Child Ecology at Michigan State University. He received his M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Alliant International University and B.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University. David’s research and clinical interests are in evidence-based prevention interventions for Latina/o families, culturally appropriate assessment, prevention, and intervention, and community-based participatory research methods. He has presented research at numerous state and national conferences, and has published various scholarly articles and a book chapter on Latinas/os. David has worked toward the development of the cultural adaptation of an evidence-based prevention intervent6ion for Latina/o parents. He is currently a Research Intern at Behavioral Assessment Inc. working on studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Specifically, he is working on a Phase-II NIH study to establish the psychometrics of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-Adolescent version, and SAMHSA study to examine the effectiveness of an evidence-based prevention intervention for substance abuse, HIV, and HCV in Latina/o youth. 

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