The North American Genetic Counseling Organizations (NAGCO) is a collaborative group of genetic counseling organizations with the goal of sharing ideas and creating ways to support the profession at large. On Oct.10, NAGCO hosted a webinar focused on exploring the collaborative efforts around diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) initiatives, as well as highlighting the resources/opportunities each organization has created to support these efforts. DEIJ Committee Chairs Enrique Lopez and Josie Baker participated in this webinar as expert panelists representing ABGC. The webinar was recorded and is available for anyone who’d like to view it. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the ABGC team.
Josie Baker, MS, LGC
Baker is a cancer genetic counselor and assistant professor at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Baker is dedicated to creating a safe and inclusive environment for their patients, students and colleagues.
Enrique Lopez, MS, LCGC
Lopez is a board-certified genetic counselor working in New Jersey. He has been a part-time consultant for NYMAC since Nov. 2021 and has been a prenatal genetic counselor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick since Aug. 2023. He is originally from Brazil and completed his education in genetic counseling at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey-New Brunswick. Lopez currently works as a pediatric, cancer and prenatal genetic counselor in an underserved community and provides services in Spanish and Portuguese. Lopez has also earned his master's in precision medicine through the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is interested in providing services to underserved communities, especially those of Spanish-speaking origin and to expand genetic counseling services to communities who don’t have these services.
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