Emanuel Nuñez is a first-year UCLA Luskin social welfare doctoral student and a registered associate clinical social worker from the California Central Valley. Emanuel’s research interests broadly include understanding the experiences of non-English speaking immigrants and their family/support systems navigating severe mental illness diagnoses including psychotic spectrum disorders and suicidality. Emanuel’s research interests are guided by a drive to advance access to psychiatric treatment for non-English-speaking immigrant communities. Emanuel completed his dual Bachelor of Arts in Chicanx Studies and Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara and his Master of Social Work degree at CSU Stanislaus.

Before starting doctoral studies at UCLA Luskin, Emanuel worked in outpatient mental health and emergency psychiatric response as an LPS-designated clinician. Emanuel has worked as a psychiatric social worker within the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health’s Psychiatric Mobile Response Team (PMRT) and as a mental health clinician within Stanislaus County Behavioral Health’s Crisis Care Mobile Unit, assisting individuals and their families seeking emergency psychiatric stabilization and treatment.