Michelle Marie Osuna-Diaz, Ph.D.

Michelle Osuna-Diaz is a doctor in psychology who graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Osuna-Diaz holds a B.A. in criminal justice with a major in forensic psychology and a minor in law and society. She also pursued a master’s in social community psychology and has postgraduate certification in nonprofit business administration.

Osuna-Diaz worked as a research assistant, research coordinator, program coordinator, supervisor, program evaluator and director in different settings but mostly in academic and nonprofit organizations. She has also taught math, sciences and history for five years at two mostly Hispanic population charter schools in Austin, Texas. Osuna-Diaz works to make community-academic connections and is also co-developing an intervention to address social determinants of health in dialysis patients and high-risk populations prone to develop chronic kidney disease.