Susan Dusza Guerra Leksander, LMFT
Susan (she/her) is a Latina first/birth mother, a transracial adoptee, and a licensed psychotherapist who has specialized extensively in adoption and foster care issues since 2008. She is the Agency & Clinical Director at Pact, an Adoption Alliance, a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve adopted children of color. Previous professional experiences include counseling former foster youth with significant mental health needs in a Housing First program, supervising Family Preservation services to reduce the need for child welfare removals, and leading therapeutic retreats for first/birth parents. She previously served as Board President of MPower Alliance, and was a founding member of the Leadership Team of the Adoption Museum Project. Raised in the Chicago burbs, she now lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.