Influential Woman · ABA
Roxana Delgado
BCBA
Senior BCBA, BCBA
Mckinney, TX
Her Story
About Roxana
I started in this field in 2015 when I was looking for volunteering opportunities with children - I've always found it easy and enjoyable to work with them. A friend offered me a job as a technician instead of volunteering at the place where she was working. On my first day, the CEO told me her mission was to inspire people, and if she could inspire someone to continue the mission of helping children, she would feel fulfilled. At the time, I had no idea I was going to be inspired by her and everything they did at that foundation, but along the years I remembered her words and realized she really did inspire me to continue the career pathway I started there. It was the love for the children and the work we did with them and for them that made me build a career out of this. Now I'm a senior BCBA supervising a team of therapists implementing ABA therapy with children in a clinic setting. My day involves checking schedules, deciding which children and therapists need the most support, and supervising multiple kids throughout the day depending on their needs. I've been in my senior role since November 2023, though I worked as a BCBA before that with essentially the same responsibilities.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Roxana
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think first of all, to my friend who inspired me to give me this job and then supported me through my career pathway - she helped me down the road. And then to the children, really, because the inspiration and the motivation to keep going, even when things were harder, came from them. The children and their success, seeing them succeeding, kept me going and kept me motivated. So yeah, I think my friend and the children that I work with - they are the key to my success.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I'd tell them to be strong, because sometimes it gets hard. But to be strong, to think about the children, and think about how they are helping them, and not let themselves be disappointed by all the other financial things that go around. You know, it's an industry in which people make a lot of money since it's paid by insurance, so there's a lot of financial interests. So I'd tell them to just keep going, think of the children, think of the good they do, look at the progress they see in the children, and maintain their enthusiasm along the way. Never lose that happiness and enthusiasm to work with the kids, even if times can be hard and frustrating sometimes.
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