Niwa is an Associate Consultant at CMA. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Counseling Psychology at University of Kansas, and received his Masters in Counseling at Cairn University. Niwa’s research interest is focused on the factors unique to the experience of individuals from marginalized backgrounds that foster resilience, and how resilience acts as a buffer to mitigate the negative impacts of discrimination for those individuals with marginalized identities. He is also interested in both the development and mitigating relationship of resilience within the organizational setting.
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