
Danya Soto Foster, Ph.D.
Credentials & Education
About
This being human is a guest house... A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. - Rumi
Dr. Danya Soto Foster is a school psychologist who grew up in Mexico City and moved to the Chicago suburbs during her high school years. Dr. Foster deeply values her family, spirituality, and forming meaningful connections with others. She focuses on providing therapeutic services to children and families who are struggling with depression, anxiety, or behavioral concerns from a patient-centered lens. Dr. Foster is a bilingual clinician who specializes in Latine mental health, and utilizes frameworks that contextualize her clients in their history, culture, and surrounding systems. She enjoys playing, hiking, and watching "juicy" reality TV.
Area of Focus
Publications & Presentations
Barber, A., Eklund, K., Weist, M., Soto Foster, D., Cruz, S., Collins, B., Knuckey, L. (In press). Using community collaboration to evaluate the cultural relevance of the Resilience Education Program. School Psychology.
Castelin, S., Saenz Jimenez, A. P., Soto Foster, D., Daniels, L. D., Brown, A. D., Fehrenbach, T. (2024). Voices that matter: A community-driven intervention framework for Black women who have experienced traumatic loss. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000771