Diana Castillo, LCSW, is a bilingual and bicultural clinical social work executive with 18 years of experience in behavioral health, child welfare, healthcare, crisis services, and nonprofit leadership. She is the founding leader of Brave Space Wellness + Therapy, where she provides culturally responsive clinical services and fractional executive consulting to organizations navigating growth, compliance, quality improvement, and systems implementation. Throughout her career, Diana has held senior leadership roles—including Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Director—overseeing multidisciplinary teams and complex portfolios of outpatient, crisis, residential, and community-based programs. Her accomplishments include securing $2.7 million in additional funding, expanding mobile crisis response, modernizing organizational systems, and strengthening clinical quality, operational accountability, and regulatory readiness. Diana holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Bachelor of Social Work from Goshen College, and she is licensed in both California and Illinois. Known for her trauma-informed, strengths-based approach, she is committed to building equitable systems of care and improving outcomes for underserved children, youth, adults, and families.