I am a lecturer at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in Asian American Studies department and with the Health Justice and Community initiative. My work intersects between critical refugee studies, critical environmental justice, and decolonizing mental health.

I received my PhD from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). My dissertation research considered Cambodian American transgenerational trauma healing (emphasis on the healing!). I also received my MA in ethics, peace and global affairs from American University in which I focused on environmental peacebuilding and peace psychology. Additionally, I received my BA in psychology from UCSD.

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