07/16/2025
Long post alert!📣
📌 Some dates are special 🗓.
It was July 16th 2007, I started my journey as a in the USA 🇺🇲. Over these years I had the privilege of working with awesome mentors and have made great friends in the field who introduced me to and encouraged me to join the Asian Social Workers Task Force, an initiative by the -NYC Chapter. I am a 🎤 Continuing Education presenter and continue to be a facilitator for the -New York.
Being elected 🗳 for the Board as the Westchester Division Director for 2 consecutive terms, 2022-2024 and 2024-2025 has been an experience beyond words. As the terms ended in June 2025, my heart is content. It has been a pleasure and honor to be in the Transition Committee 2024-2025 for unification of the -NYS and NYC Chapters. 🙂
What an incredible experience!!
As I hold these recognitions today, I am looking back to where and how I started 👣 I must mention those (and am sure I am missing many) who ignited the process of identifying who I am, continue to encourage me, and see what I may contribute.
🙏Thank you! Sumanta Goswami, Sudip Bhattacharya, Ph.D., PMT, sheldon gelman, Rozetta Schaeffer,PhD, Aries Liao PhD, LCSW, Anderson Sungmin Yoon, Reshma R Shah LCSW,Steven Baranowski, Samantha Fletcher Ph.D., MSW, Shakira A. Kennedy, PhD, LMSW , Shakira Maki, LMSW, Jan Savage-Corbin and so many more.