Priscilla Montero

Adjunct Faculty Member

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Office Hours: By Appointment

About

I have been a school counselor for 11 years with experience at both the middle and high school levels in Ventura County. I have a passion for serving multilingual students. I also currently serve as the Graduate Student Representative for the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

I have served as an adjunct professor in the Counselor Education Department in the Graduate School of Education (GSOE) at California Lutheran University since 2019. The courses that I have taught are EDCG 504, 512, 521, 525, 529, 538, & 539.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Counseling, In Progress/Expected Graduation June 2027– Oregon State University, Portland, OR

MS in Counseling and Guidance, December 2013 – California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA

BA in Social Welfare and Chicano Studies, May 2006– University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Expertise

My current research interests include exploring undocumented student support (with a focus on undocumented student resource centers) by school counselors, and the use of this information to support their work and the training of future school counselors.

Publications

Rubel, D., Gravert, B., Montero, P., & Smith, B. (2025, October 8). Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) -
Facilitating Data Analysis Across Paradigms and Purposes [4-hour Pre-Conference Workshop]. Association of Counselor Education and Supervision. Philadelphia, PA, United States.