Marta E. Pagan-Ortiz

Marta E. Pagan-Ortiz is an assistant professor in the clinical psychology department at William James College. Prior to this, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in trauma at the Victims of Violence Program at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.

Originally from Puerto Rico, Marta has lived and worked in the Greater Boston area for the last 12 years. She received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Marta is deeply committed to issues of women’s health, the health of minoritized populations, and social justice. Her clinical work has primarily been focused in the areas of Latinx health and trauma. Her scholarship has been in the areas of health disparities and the impact of structural violence.