Marcos A. Moreno was born and raised in a small community in southern Arizona known as the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and is a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He attended Cornell University for his undergraduate studies where he received Bachelors of Science degrees in Human Development and Neuroscience. While at Cornell he was involved in research examining the impact of environmental stressors on brain development and substance abuse. In 2016 he was selected as one of five recipients in the country for the Udall Healthcare award for his work in underserved communities, including his medical mission trips to Africa, Latin America, and his contributions to health needs assessments for his home community. He completed his bachelor’s degree in 2017 and received Cornell’s Henry Ricciuti and Solomon Cook awards for engaged research and scholarship. He attended UND-School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where he would go on to publish addiction research with Dr. Larry Burd and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Center. Marcos has also published book chapters on Native American public health in the book Global Indigenous Youth: Through Their Eyes, a work co-sponsored by the United Nations and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights. As the author representing the United States, Marcos was a guest speaker at a United Nations session for the books launch in New York City in 2019. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 2021, and in that same year had a new chapter published, titled Bridging the Gap in the book American Indian Health Disparities in the 21st Century. Within psychiatry Marcos’ interests include addiction, child development, and health policy. Outside of psychiatry, Marcos’ enjoys good food, lifting weights, and is an avid fan of the Las Vegas Raiders football team.