Dr. John Ferreira was born in New Bedford. His parents both
immigrated to the United States from the Cape Verde Islands when
it was a Portuguese territory. He served in the United States Air Force
for four years then went on to earn his Bachelor’s Degree at the University
of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He continued his education to receive his Master’s
Degree from Bridgewater State College and his Doctorate in Psychology from Heed University. Over time, Dr. Ferreira has focused his career on working with developmentally disabled adults and children who have severe behavioral dysfunction. After moving to Tucson in 1989, he has held various positions among the community such as, the Director of the Center for Behavioral Analysis and Counseling, and Psychology Associate in the Bio-behavioral Relaxation Clinic in Tucson. Dr. Ferreira has also served as a behavioral consultant to several schools, nursing homes and hospitals. The uniqueness of Dr. Ferreira’s practice has been acknowledged in peer-reviewed journals like Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.
Phil Lopes was born in California of Portuguese parents in 1941 and received a B.A. in Latin American Studies at UCLA, and a Masters in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin. The Peace Corps in the early 1960’s gave Lopes his first opportunity for public service. Between 1961 and 1963, he served in Columbia, and served in Brazil from 1963 to 1965. He later returned to Tucson for Peace Corps duty as a Country Director for Ecuador and then as Co-Director for Brazil with his wife, Pam all between 1976 and 1981. Lopes speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese.
He was the Executive Director of the Heath Systems Agency of Southeastern Arizona from 1982 to 1987. Prior to that, he held senior administrative positions with the Arizona Health Foundation, which provided health care to low income families and individuals. In 1969, Lopes came to Tucson to help establish Pima Community College and has actively been contributing to the Tucson community for most of the ensuing thirty-three years.
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