Welcoming GMAACC's New Program Director

GMAACC is excited to welcome Dr. Jenny Hsi as our new Program Director!

Jenny is a public health professional and organizer focused on mental health, culture, and identity for Asian and Asian American youth and young adults.  She most recently completed a doctoral degree at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.  Her doctoral thesis project investigated social identity, belongingness, and mental health among Chinese international students in Greater Boston.  She was a research assistant for the Asian Women's Action for Resilience and Empowerment (AWARE) study at Boston University, which brought a culturally informed group psychotherapy model to three universities in Massachusetts.  She was also a long-term student organizer for the “Let’s Talk!” annual conference on Asian and Asian American student mental health at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

Jenny came to the Greater Boston area in 2015.  Prior to that, she has worked in Beijing, China on HIV epidemiology research and tobacco control policy and advocacy.  She grew up in Hsinchu, Taiwan and Vancouver, Canada, and considers herself a cultural hybrid of all the places and communities that have nurtured her.  She enjoys singing with choirs, ice skating, taiko drumming, and listening to podcasts while she cooks.