To nominate a fellow counselor for one of the Conference Awards please follow this link!  NVSCA AWARDS 2026

Book your stay at the Santa Fe!

Copy and paste this link to book your stay ASAP before the prices go up on 1/27/2025. Register using code: ACINSCA

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Become a Sponsor!

The Nevada School Counselor Association (NvSCA) is hosting our annual conference on February 27 - 28, 2026. We are seeking sponsors and donations to subsidize the cost of the conference, and also items to be used as raffle prizes, or promotional items to be given to registered participants in their bag.

By choosing to sponsor the conference, you will have the opportunity to have your organization advertised to over 300 expected attendees, but also featured on our website of over 950 members!

There will be various levels of recognition given to participating businesses during the conference, depending on the level of donation, see below for that complete list. 

NvSCA is a non-profit organization that represents school counselors in the state of Nevada. Its mission is to support school counselors' efforts to help students achieve success, by focusing on academic, emotional/social, and career/college readiness, so that they are prepared to lead fulfilling lives as responsible members of society.

All donations would be tax deductible. The EIN is 72-1607453.

To become a sponsor, register here.

Keynote Speakers

Kristin Barnson is an accomplished education leader with over thirty years of experience, beginning her career in college admissions counseling before transitioning into school counseling. She has served as a school counselor at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, as well as in district leadership within the Clark County School District (CCSD). In retirement, Kristin continues to serve the profession as an ASCA Certified Trainer and RAMP Coach, guiding schools and districts in implementing the ASCA National Model and earning RAMP distinction. A past President of the Nevada School Counselor Association, Kristin remains a passionate advocate for school counselors and the profession, empowering others to strengthen comprehensive programs that promote student success.

Two Lenses, One Goal brings lived experience and clinical expertise together to examine how schools can build real resilience in students — sustaining affirming spaces while equipping young people to navigate the social, cultural, and psychological realities they will face beyond graduation.

Torri Shack is the CEO and Founder of Tangible Movement, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing mental health awareness, suicide prevention, addiction recovery, and LGBTQIA2S+ equity. A transgender man, two-time suicide attempt survivor, recovering alcoholic, and person living with mental health conditions, Torri speaks from lived experience and evidence-informed practice — not abstraction.

Since founding Tangible Movement in 2016, Torri has delivered trainings nationwide to schools, corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, tailoring his approach to the audience: with students, the focus is resilience, agency, and psychological durability; with corporations and systems leaders, the focus is inclusion, culture, and structural accountability. His work operates on both sides of the equation — helping organizations build more inclusive cultures for the next generation, while preparing students to navigate a world where affirmation is not guaranteed, and adversity is real.

He is joined by Priscilla Otoo-Adjorlolo, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health at The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada and a seasoned clinical leader with more than 15 years of experience across hospital and community-based behavioral health systems. Priscilla brings a clinical and operational lens — evidence-informed care, ethical decision-making, and the realities of delivering services within regulated, often imperfect systems. She helps counselors translate best practice into real-world preparation, equipping students not only to feel supported in school but to function, adapt, and thrive after graduation.

Together, they bridge lived experience and clinical expertise to equip school counselors with grounded, equity-centered strategies for building resilience while sustaining affirming environments that prepare students for life beyond graduation.