Joey Florez

JOEY FLOREZ

BRIDGING PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE, AND MENTAL WELLNESS THROUGH THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND MEDIA

JOEY FLOREZ IS A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY SCHOLAR, AUTHOR, AND CULTURAL COMMENTATOR

WHOSE

WORK

BRIDGES

THE

REALMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND CULTURAL STUDIES. BORN IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1993, FLOREZ HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A

PROMINENT

VOICE

IN

BOTH

ACADEMIC AND MEDIA CIRCLES, CONTRIBUTING INSIGHTFUL ANALYSES ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR, COGNITION, AND SOCIETAL ISSUES.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

FLOREZ'S ACADEMIC JOURNEY INCLUDES A B.A. IN APPLIED

PSYCHOLOGY

FROM

THE

FLORIDA

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AN M.S. IN FORENSIC

PSYCHOLOGY

FROM

NOVA

SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN FLORIDA. HE HAS ALSO PURSUED STUDIES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS AT TALLAHASSEE STATE COLLEGE AND COMPLETED TRAINING IN PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST

AID

THROUGH

THE

NATIONAL

CHILD

TRAUMATIC STRESS NETWORK. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE FIELD IS FURTHER EVIDENCED BY HIS MEMBERSHIPS IN ESTEEMED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS PSI CHI, PHI KAPPA PHI, THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL

JUSTICE

ASSOCIATION

(NCJA),

THE

AMERICAN PROBATION AND PAROLE ASSOCIATION (APPA), AND THE ACADEMY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SCIENCES (ACJS).

PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA PRESENCE AS AN AUTHOR, JOEY FLOREZ HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY

TO

THE

LITERATURE

PSYCHOLOGY

AND

RELATED

FIELDS.

PUBLISHED

WORKS

INCLUDE

"A

ON HIS

SHORT

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY" (2023) AND "THE PSYCHOLOGY OF UAP" (2024), WITH "PSYCHOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS" SLATED FOR RELEASE IN 2025.

THESE

PUBLICATIONS

ENGAGEMENT

WITH

REFLECT TOPICS

HIS

DEEP

RANGING

FROM

FOUNDATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS TO THE

ANALYSIS

OF

UNIDENTIFIED

AERIAL

PHENOMENA. FLOREZ'S EXPERTISE HAS GARNERED ATTENTION ACROSS VARIOUS MEDIA PLATFORMS. HE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN INTERNATIONAL OUTLETS SUCH AS MARIE

CLAIRE

(ARGENTINA

AND

UKRAINE),

BILLBOARD, HUFFPOST, GLAMOUR, THE BALTIC TIMES, OK! MAGAZINE, LA REPUBLICA, AND THE SOURCE. HIS INSIGHTS HAVE ALSO BEEN SHARED THROUGH RADIO APPEARANCES ON STATIONS INCLUDING WBZI 1500 AM (US), WOR 710 AM (US) WITH DR. MARSHALL JONES, WDJY 99.1 FM (US) WITH DR. REGAN GURUNG, PHOENIX 98.0 FM (UK), AND OURO VERDE 105.9 FM (BRAZIL).

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS BEYOND HIS ACADEMIC AND MEDIA ENDEAVORS, JOEY FLOREZ MENTAL

IS

HEALTH

AUTHORED

DEDICATED AND

ARTICLES

TO

PROMOTING

WELLNESS. OFFERING

HE

HAS

PRACTICAL

ADVICE ON MANAGING STRESS AND ANXIETY, SUCH AS "SIX WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY NATURALLY" AND "HERE’S HOW MUSIC IMPROVES YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND SLEEP." HIS WORK

EMPHASIZES

ACCESSIBLE

THE

STRATEGIES

IMPORTANCE

FOR

OF

MENTAL WELL-

BEING, REFLECTING HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. IN

ADDITION

TO

HIS

SCHOLARLY

PURSUITS,

JOEY FLOREZ HAS EXPLORED THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF MUSIC. HIS ALBUM "OCEAN SOUNDS FOR DEEP SLEEP," RELEASED ON JUNE 18, 2023, IS AVAILABLE ON PLATFORMS LIKE PANDORA, APPLE MUSIC, TIDAL, AND YOUTUBE MUSIC. THIS PROJECT UNDERSCORES HIS INTEREST IN THE INTERSECTION OF AUDITORY EXPERIENCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH.

THANK YOU