Shernell Elibox, Ph.D., M.A. is an Afro-Caribbean clinical mental health counselor who received her PhD in Counselor Education from The Pennsylvania State University in 2023. She is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator of the Community and Trauma Counseling Program at Thomas Jefferson University. Shernell spent three years as the first and only Clinical Suicidologist Counsellor on her home Island of Saint Lucia. During her tenure working for Saint Lucia’s Department of Health and Wellness, she sat on the island’s clinical team and was responsible for designing and implementing many mental health and suicide prevention and intervention campaigns. During her doctoral studies, she was the Lead Clinic Supervisor of the Edwin L Herr Counseling Training Clinic at Penn State. She was instrumental in updating crisis counseling and training policies and procedures for in-person and telehealth counseling. Shernell’s research investigates the relationship between intersectionality and suicidality and focuses on cultural humility in suicide intervention and prevention. Most recently, she undertook a 122,465-participant study investigating suicidality among college students of color. She brings her expertise as a suicidologist, international clinician, and scholar into the classroom to enrich the experiences of the students she serves.