Antonio Puente

And I'm John Belon, and we are board-certified neuropsychologists.

Today, we talk about leadership and advocacy with Dr. Antonio Puente.

Tony is a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and he has been a giant within psychology and neuropsychology throughout his career.

We'll talk about some of his accomplishments during the conversation.

I'm wondering how you feel like we're doing in supporting people from varying backgrounds to pursue neuropsychology in the US and what we could improve on.

Yeah, well, maybe we'll talk about the Minnesota conference, but I'll, I'll start with, uh, with my, my first line in that conference.

I was the lead speaker, and I start, [chuckles] I started with, "I, Antonio Puente- Had made history in clinical neuropsychology.

[laughs] It was like, God, when, when Eric and SOP has said, "I am the first person to take the ABPP exam in neuropsychology and flunk."