She joined the Rice Counseling Center in 2013. Dr. Gomez has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park, and a BA in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at UMCP's Counseling Center as well as an internship at Towson State University's Counseling Center. Dr. Gomez has researched, published, and presented on resilience after trauma, Latina career development, acculturation and achievement styles, and countertransference with issues of sexual orientation. Dr. Gomez loves working with college and graduate students. She has four children ages eighteen to eight, UberMoms all over Houston, and is particularly interested in current affairs and human motivation.