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Sumiko Hennessy, Ph.D.
Mental health is kind of scary for the Asian people; they felt if they came to our center they’d catch a mental illness, so we offered other things until they knew us. |
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Community Health Leaders
1998
Area(s) of expertise:
Mental health
Refugee and immigrant health
Leader’s Biography 1998:
Executive Director, Asian Pacific Development Center, Aurora, CO
Hennessy overcame cultural and institutional barriers to provide mental health and social services to Asian immigrants and refugees in Denver, Colorado. Asian Pacific Development Center’s 50 bicultural/bilingual staff provide a wide variety of services to the diverse Asian community, ranging from mental health counseling, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention to domestic violence counseling and youth vocational training.
Where this Leader can be reached today:
Associate Dean of Field Instruction
Tokyo University of Social Welfare
2020-1 San’o-choIsesaki City
Gunma, Japan
Email: suhennes@ed.tokyo-fukashi.ac.jp
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