Fidencio Mercado is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) in the state of Texas. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor and the program coordinator for the Rehabilitation Services program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling. Mr. Mercado earned his master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and is a member of the Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), and the Texas Association of Addiction Professional (TAAP). His research interest focuses on ethical competencies and supervision of addiction counselors and multicultural issues among Latino/a youth and their families.