As American public schools become increasingly diverse, tens of millions of children find themselves navigating systems that weren’t designed with their backgrounds and cultures in mind. Beyond the U.S. the problem can be even more stark—because American approaches, even when flawed, have ripple effects worldwide. Today’s guest, Syntia Santos-Dietz, says that school counselors are especially situated to make changes that better serve students around the world. In this conversation we talk about what it means for school counselors to develop cultural competence, how traveling back and forth between cultures has helped her understand the systems she works within, and her plan to bring Antioch school counseling students to work and study in her home country of Honduras.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Syntia teaches in and helped found.

Learn more about Syntia’s work on her faculty page. 

This episode was recorded April 4, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released May 1, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

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Editor: Johanna Case

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