Dr. Ebony White, LPC, NCC, ACS is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Counseling & Family Therapy Department at Drexel University. As the Executive Director of the Center for Mastering and Refining Children’s Unique Skills (MARCUS), a non-profit organization, she focuses on expanding developmental pathways for at-promise adolescents in Trenton, NJ through counseling and social support. Clinically she focuses primarily on issues that impact the relationships and functioning of African Americans, primarily women and teens. She provides multicultural and mental health training for law enforcement, religious leaders, educators, and community members. Her research interests broadly focus on advocacy and social justice within the African American diaspora. As an expert in her field, she has been quoted in numerous outlets including Newsweek, Medium, the Philadelphia Inquirer, PopSugar, and the New York Times. Dr. Ebony has received numerous awards including the Woman of the Year award from the Mercer County Commission on Women and the Dr. Judy Lewis Counselor for Social Justice award from the American Counseling Association. She recently gave a TEDx talk, titled “You Don’t Get to Name Me.” She is the current President of Counselors for Social Justice and was appointed to the ACA Anti-Racism Commission. She holds the identities of daughter, sister, cousin, friend, godmother, and niece as equally important. She lives by Ubuntu, “I am because we are, and because we are, I am.”
