René Vázquez del Valle, DSW, LCSW received his Masters of Science in Social Work degree from Columbia University and his Doctorate in Social Welfare at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School and University Center. He has been an Adjunct Associate Professor at Long Island University. Dr. Vázquez del Valle has served both as Clinical Director and Team Leader at the Baltic Street Clinic of South Beach Psychiatric Center, an outpatient ambulatory care clinic of the New York State Office of Mental Health. Over the course of thirty years at SBPC, Dr. Vázquez del Valle engaged in clinical treatment, policy analysis, research, administration and developed conceptual models for the treatment of Latino clients in mental health settings.

Dr. Vázquez del Valle has been a guest speaker at both the New York University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry's Latino Mental Health Conference and at the University of Rhode Island's Latino Psychology Conference presenting on "The Use and Perception of Psychiatric Medication in the Latino Community". He conducted a training seminar to law professors at CUNY Law School on the management of racism, violence, prejudice, and bias for university students, as well as workshops on Stress Management for Minority Graduate MBA employees at Continental Insurance Company. He has evaluated grant proposals for Ryan White Federal funding of NYC HIV/AIDS programs. Dr. Vazquez del Valle is a clinical consultant and psychotherapist at the Queens County Neuropsychiatric Institute, the East Hampton Healthcare Center and a Supervisor for clinical practice at Latino Support, LCSW, PC. He has recently published a self help book on the mental, emotional and sexual connections made in intimate relationships.