Liberation Psychologist - Queer Cultural Worker - Community Engaged Scholar
I don’t fit neatly into traditional academic or clinical boxes—and neither does my work. As a liberation psychologist, Queer cultural worker, and community-engaged scholar, I exist at the intersection of anti-racist, feminist, and trauma-responsive practices.
I co-create ecosystems where healing justice is centered, research is led by the people, and community organizing is a direct path to collective power.
BIO
Dr. Domínguez is a Tenured Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of San Francisco, Founder & President of On the Margins, and a Queer liberation psychologist and cultural worker. She uses critical race epistemologies and trauma-responsive practices to disrupt traditional research paradigms and co-create ecosystems for collective power and healing justice.
LICENSES
Licensed Psychologist, California Board of Psychology
License Number: 29367 | Issued: 08/17/2017 Expiration: 08/03/2027
Licensed Psychologist, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
License Number: 37364 | Expiration: 01/31/2028
Licensed Professional Counselor, Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
License Number: 67869 | Inactive (now practicing as psychologist) Expiration: 01/31/2027
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
2016-Current
Associate Professor and Marriage and Family Therapy Program Coordinator, University of San Francisco, Counseling Psychology Department
2019-Current
Founder and President, On the Margins Family Therapy & Psychological Services, (a professional corporation) Petaluma, California
2023-Current
Founder and President, On the Margins, Inc., (a non-profit) Petaluma, California
EDUCATION
2010-2015
Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, Psy.D.
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
Dissertation: DOMA's demise: A victory for non-heterosexual binational families
2008-2010
M.S. in Counseling Psychology
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
2004-2007
B.A. in Psychology
St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX
Summa Cum Laude
HONORS & AWARDS
2026 San Francisco Foundation Phyllis Koshland Friedman – Retha Smith Robinson Community Leadership Award.
2025 California Parks and Recreation Society Award of Excellence (Kimzin Creative)
2025 5th Annual Anthem Awards (Kimzin Creative)
2023. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award
2023. Healthcare Foundation’s Spirit of Wetzel Award
2022. Certificate of Special California Legislature Assembly Recognition
2022. Certificate of Special United States Senate Recognition
2022. Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
2022. University of San Francisco’s Outstanding Professor Beyond the Hilltop Award
2022. Los Cien’s Puente and Ganas Award
2021. National Latinx Psychological Association Star Vega Distinguished Service Award
2021. Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17) Social Justice Award
2020. University of San Francisco’s Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award
2019. Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17) Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Counseling Psychology
2019. University of San Francisco’s Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award
2018. University of San Francisco’s Community-Engaged Learning Honoree (McCarthy Center)
2018. University of San Francisco’s Ignatian Service Award
2018. University of San Francisco’s Fr. William J. Dunne Award
2017. University of San Francisco’s Lane Center Fellow Social Justice in the Jesuit Tradition