Dana Dmytro (she/her) is a HELP and Wellstream trainee, and a PhD student in School and Applied Child Psychology at the University of British Columbia, which resides on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation.
She is a licensed school psychologist with nearly ten years of experience in elementary, middle, high school, and district-level settings within British Columbia’s public education system, and in clinical settings contributing to multidisciplinary assessments for complex children and youth.
As a person with lived experience, she is committed to facilitating systemic change to promote evidence-based substance use education and intervention within school settings to prevent, delay, and reduce substance use-related harms. Her practice is grounded in continual learning and unlearning that questions and challenges colonial power structures.
Her research interests include understanding the potential role of school psychologists in facilitating school-based substance use supports and school-based staff, parent, and youth perspectives on school-based substance use initiatives.