Floriann, was born and raised on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona. She attended the University of Arizona, Haskell Indian Nations University and Arizona State University. She has worked with a myriad of populations but has always had a focus on ethnic communities, particularly Indigenous communities, where there aren't many care providers available. She has also worked as an adjunct professor at South Mountain Community College and associate professor in the school of social work at Arizona State University.

Floriann Blackhorse is a licensed clinical social worker. She has been a social worker in Arizona for more than 15 years. Her areas of expertise are addictions, trauma, and ethnic issues. Her work has included providing acute crisis intervention to individuals with serious mental illness and general mental health issues. She has experience offering group therapy and individual therapy in both inpatient and outpatient settings, traditional couch therapy in her private practice and has also supervised masters level students and fellow social workers. 

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