Invited Lectures and Presentations

Abreu, R. L. (2026, March). Experiences of Trans Youth and their Families in the United States under Current Political Climate: An Overview. Invited Speaker, University of Massachusetts- Boston, BIRCh Program, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abreu, R. L. (2025, June). Culturally Appropriate Considerations in Working with Latine/x LGBTQ Youth and their Families and Communities. Invited Speaker for Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA, Division 53).

Abreu, R. L. (2025, June). Translating Science into the Community: Working with Diverse LGBTQ Communities. Invited Speaker for Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (APA, Division 53), Leadership Education to Advance Diversity (LEAD) Institute.

Abreu, R. L. (2025, March). Research Under Attack: The Struggles of Western Scholars Doing Research with Trans Youth and Their Families in the Current Sociopolitical Climate. Invited panel participant to the European Community Psychology Association, Miami, Florida.

Abreu, R. L. (2025, February). Culturally Mindful Practices with Latine/x LGBTQ People and their Families. Invited keynote to the Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) Conference, Miami, Florida.

Abreu, R. L. (2024, November). Experiences of trans Latinx immigrants in the United States. Invited speaker, Family and Human Development Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Abreu, R. L. (2024, November). Conducting LGBTQ+ researcher under hostile conditions. Invited panel speaker, Department of Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Abreu, R. L. (2024, February). Latinx LGBTQ People, their families, and their communities: Advancing culturally centered intersectional research. Invited series speaker, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Abreu, R. L. (2023, July). Trans teen well-being. Invited panel speaker, 2023 Duke Sexual and Gender Minority Wellness Symposium, Durham, North Carolina.

Abreu, R. L. (2023, July). How we support each other. Invited panel speaker, APA Division 44, Online panel.

Abreu, R. L. (2023, April). Latinx LGBTQ People and their families and communities: Centering Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. Invited series speaker, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana Champaign, Illinois.

Abreu, R. L. (2023, May). Latinx LGBTQ people and their families and communities: The role of Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions in wellbeing. Invited keynote speaker, Nevada Psychological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Abreu, R. L. (2023, March). Latinx LGBTQ people and the role of family and community support in their wellbeing. Invited series speaker, Florida International University, Department of Psychology, Miami, Florida

Abreu, R. L. (2023, February). Latinx LGBTQ people and their families and communities: The role of Latinx cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. Invited social justice speaker series, University of Virginia, Department of Psychology, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Abreu, R. L. (2022, September). The impact of family and community support in the well-being of Latinx LGBTQ people. Invited keynote speaker, Connecticut Psychological Association, New Haven, Connecticut.

Abreu, R. L. (2021, November). Intersection of Latinx and LGBTQ communities. Invited keynote speaker, The CheckED Team, University of Houston, Texas.

Abreu, R. L. (2021, November). Unpacking Latinx cultural values and beliefs to Promote family and community acceptance of sexual and gender diverse Latinx People. Invited keynote speaker, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago.

Abreu, R. L. (2021, September). LGBTQ+ perspectives in the Latinx community & impact on health care systems. Invited keynote speaker, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center.

Abreu, R. L. (2021, February). “Ser Latino te da una buena base sobre la familia:” Understanding how Latinx cultural values and beliefs promote acceptance of sexual and gender diverse family members. Invited keynote panel discussion, Center for Family Resilience, Chautauqua Conference on Family, Oklahoma State University (OSU).

Abreu, R. L. (2021, February). Beyond the rainbow: LGBTQ intersectionality. Invited public panel discussion, Los Angeles County Psychological Association, California.

Abreu, R. L. (2021, February). Navigating relational issues and building alliance with LGBT clients. Invited public workshop training, Nashville Psychotherapy Institute, Tennessee.

Abreu, R. L. (2020, September). Empowering and creating critical consciousness among trans Latinx people. Invited speaker, Survivor’s Pathway, Miami Florida.

Abreu,R. L. (2019, November).“Familia no es importante; lo es todo”: Understanding and promoting acceptance of sexual and gender diverse Latinx family members.Invited public lecture, Department of Counseling andEducational Psychology, Indiana University (IU)

Abreu, R. L. (2019, May). Understanding and promoting acceptance of LGBTQ Latinx family members. Invited public lecture, LGBT Mental Health Conference, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).

Abreu, R. L. (2019, March). Gender affirming psychological evaluations: An overview. Invited public lecture, Department of Psychology, Tennessee State University (TSU).

Abreu, R. L. (2019, March). “No pasa nada por ser gay pero tampoco hay que ir pregonandolo”: Understanding and promoting acceptance of LGBTQ Latinx family members. Invited public lecture, Department of Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). .